Re: Aunger vs. Pinker on Galton

From: Scott Chase (osteopilus@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue 19 Apr 2005 - 23:26:44 GMT

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    --- Scott Chase <osteopilus@yahoo.com> wrote:

    >
    >
    > --- Derek Gatherer <d.gatherer@vir.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
    >
    > > At 17:54 16/04/2005, you wrote:
    > > >Which eminent evolutionary author is correct on
    > > >Darwin's relation to Galton, Aunger or Pinker?
    > >
    > > I'll check. I've just written in an article I'm
    > > doing at the moment, that
    > > Galton was Darwin's cousin. That's what I've
    > always
    > > believed, but I
    > > suppose I'd better make sure.
    > >
    > >
    > Bill posted a link that supports that they were
    > hal-cousins. Unless someone can support that that
    > Galton was Darwin's uncle I'm going to assume Aunger
    > flubbed on this one.
    >
    Ughh!!! I meant nephew, which was what Aunger said. See how confused he's gotten me? He confuses my understanding of basic biology and everything goes to pieces.

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