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- From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
- Subject: Re: design in living organisms
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- References: <102252@bu.edu> <By308G.IH8@access.digex.com> <1992Nov22.012646.24275@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:32:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.012646.24275@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
- >In article <By308G.IH8@access.digex.com> huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
- >> 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!")
-
- Well, then it would seem that a FAQ file on atavisms should include a
- digitized photo of the palm of my right hand and an X-ray of your skull
- along with the usual information on hen's teeth and horse's toes.
-
- -- Herb Huston
- -- huston@access.digex.com
-