Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA01119 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 12 May 2000 19:18:37 +0100 Subject: RE: Useless memes Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 14:15:25 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000512181605.AAA7662@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 05/12/00 14:13, Bruce Jones said this-
>[BJ] The question then becomes ...."Where did the Proto-chickens
>come from?" and which came first the egg or the pre-proto-chicken?
Well, I suppose, since sexual reproduction came before any species
delineated from it, there _may_ have been a proto-sexual reproducer
before it managed to chew the apple and discover a mate.
But it weren't no chicken....
- Wade
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