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Re: ANTHRO-L Digest - 25 Oct 1995 to 26 Oct 1995
NTHEODOR@FOREST.DREW.EDU
Sat, 28 Oct 1995 19:41:41 -0400
In article <forest438973@drew.edu>, "Marie E. Seitz" <MarieEliz@AOL.COM> writes:
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> Please, don't use the term "beast" to refer to chimps. They have much more in
> common with humans than most of us think. It is unfortunate that Temerlin did
> not think far enough in advance about what would become of Lucy after his
> research was finished (the same thing happened with Washoe, who was lucky
> enough to end up with Roger Fauts, also a psychologist). Returning her to the
> wild was a bad idea, as she believes herself to be a human, not a chimp. It
> is a problem when we are able to glean a little about how animals think and
> yet are not concerned with what is learned.
A chimp is a chimp is a chimp is a chimp. A beast by any other name would
still smell pretty darn bad as chimpanzees have terrible body odor.
Nihil Theodore
Student at Drew University
Psychobiology Major
Classical Studies Minor
Biochemistry Minor
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