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- From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
- Subject: Re: design in living organisms
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.012646.24275@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- References: <1992Nov15.070436.12674@athena.cs.uga.edu> <102252@bu.edu> <By308G.IH8@access.digex.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 01:26:46 GMT
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- In article <By308G.IH8@access.digex.com> huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
- >
- >There are some additional design flaws that appear in the manufacturing
- >process of humans: the fetal lanugo, the grasping reflex, the Moro reflex,
- >and the fontanelles. Even the adult human skull is too thin to provide
- >adequate protection to the gigantic brain and the absence of brow ridges
- >leaves the eyes poorly protected.
- >
- >When can we expect issuance of the recall notice?
-
- Hey, speak for yourself--some of us do have brow ridges and longitudnal
- skull ridges to increase the strength of the skull. ('Twas great fun--
- I was having my head fondled by a very attractive paleoanthropologist at
- my halloween party; at one point she even exclaimed, "look! Occipital
- Bunning!")
-
- Trygve (Who has always thought that neanderthals deserve better press
- than they usually get.)
-