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From: mvp@hsv3.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers,sci.bio
Subject: Re: Incest avoidance
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Date: 9 Apr 91 02:14:41 GMT
References: <9276@plains.NoDak.edu> <1991Mar31.223444.11077@leland.Stanford.EDU> <21487@crg5.UUCP> <1991Apr5.102746.3111@desire.wright.edu>
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In article <1991Apr5.102746.3111@desire.wright.edu> sbishop@desire.wright.edu writes:
>> The proximate cause of the incest "taboo" (more properly called
>> incest avoidance) is the behavioral development, upon sexual 
>> maturity, of sexual avoidance between children who shared proximity 
>> and a common caretaker between the ages of 2 and 5.

>Seems to me that Goodall also observed this taboo in our relatives....

Also, the woman who was teaching two gorillas sign language (the female
was named Koko -- she has appeared in National Geographic a couple of
times) discovered this.  She was hoping to breed the gorillas and see
if they would teach sign language to their offspring.  But the gorillas
apparantly consider themselves siblings, and show no interest in mating
with each other.

Oops.
-- 
Mike Van Pelt               "I hate trolls.  Maybe I could metamorph it into
Headland Technology          something else -- like a ravenous, two-headed,
(Was: Video Seven)           fire-breathing dragon."  -- Willow.
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