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From: beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (beth d. christy)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 01:43:45 EDT
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From: lief@hpfcrs.UUCP (lief)
Message-ID: <14600014@hpfcrs.UUCP>

>Any idea what mutation or natural selection mechanism caused mammals which
>have no *capacity* for learning languages to somehow gain that ability?
>
>Lief Sorensen

Probably the mutation or natural selection mechanism that caused
mammals which had no capacity for learning languages to somehow gain
that ability.  I know this sounds sarcastic, but seriously:  What
answer would you accept?  The one that did it is the one that did it.
That's all there is to say.

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--JB                                             "The giant is awake."

Disclaimer?  Who wud claim dis?