On 5/21/10, CeJ <jann...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well I wouldn't discount completely contaminated samples or analysis > equipment (contamination often wrecks findings about this or that > genome). But if true I think we need something more than random > mutation to explain this.
^^^^^^^^ CB: Well, that was something of a joke, but whatever the viruses did to get the dna into the gonadal dna of our ancestors was random relative to whatever characteristics the viruses' genes produce in us. It was still no inheritance of acquired characteristics, in one sense. ^^^^^^^^ > > I kind of like the idea that I have more genetically in common with a > virus than I do Neanderthals. > Or do I? ^^^^^^^ CB: I kinda like having both. ^^^^^ > > I wonder what my great great great great to the nth grampappy virus > symboled my way. > > CJ ^^^^^ CB: Hey wouldn't be something if the genes we get from viruses are the ones that produce the language/symboling capacity in the brain ! Chomsky's language module. Hey, CJ what is your take on Chomsky's language theory ? I have to say that he's gotta be right at a certain level based on the unique ability of children to acquire grammar and all that. > > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
