Re: Jabbering !

From: Kenneth Van Oost (Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be)
Date: Tue May 30 2000 - 20:34:08 BST

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Subject: Re: Jabbering !
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 21:34:08 +0200
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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: joana <jjordao@ispa.pt>
    To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 7:19 PM
    Subject: RE: Jabbering !

    > Hi!
    >
    > I don't really know if I'm giving you the right answer, and I might be
    > displaying a lot of ignorance (since I have a biology degree, but not in
    > genetics), but what I think is that the 98% of the genetic material that
    > you share with a chimp is in "genes for the same character" while in
    > relation to fellow human relatives it would be an actual copy of your gene
    > (e.g. gene for green eyes exactly like yours).
    >
    > joana

    Hello Joana !!

    Interesting remarks !

    I think that the 98% of the genetic material that you share with a chimp
    is in " genes for the same character ".

    Do you mean, arm and leg flexing, colour of our eyes, how we eat an apple,
    .....that kind of things !?

    If so, and we take the 2 % difference between humans and chimps seriously,
    correct me if I am wrong, then oversimplified said the 2% stands for
    language, because language makes us different from the apes !?

    That seems to me a very narrow margin if we account for the importance
    which not only evolution gave to language but also the importance we give
    to it.

    I understand the importance is cumulative over history, is exponental etc...
    but, anyway...can you clear this up ?

    Thanks.

    Many regards,

    Kenneth

    (I am, because we are)

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