nagging, Paleolithic
to | ranma@ml.usagi.org
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from | Brad Clark <bradster@fuse.net>
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subject | nagging, Paleolithic
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date | Thu, 02 Sep 1999 19:10:29 -0400
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>Yes, I was quite surprised when my brother came up to me and announced
"Don't
>forget to post those questions, Mark!" (He was *not* supposed to be using
my
>computer.)
I idly wondered about that afterwards. I'm surprised he gave himself away
by giving you the message.
>Incidentally, Bradster, congratulations on getting NERV in the 'pike.
>However, I'm grateful you didn't let my little brother actually know what it
>was. ^_^;
Well, he was supposed to be you, and you already knew what it was...
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Ben Zaiten:
>This probably has its
>roots in the Paleolithic, when men hunted animals and women
>gathered plant foods. Men developed the kind of muscles that were
>good for explosive charges and bringing down powerful creatures,
>and women developed the kind that were good for walking all day,
>possibly carrying a baby, while looking for passive vegetables.
So.... Is there any truth to the theory that women invented speech (or
mindless chattering) so that they would know where a predator was by which
woman stopped talking? ^_^
-Bradster
probably gonna catch hell for that one.
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