...] Thanks for raising the point about why speciesism is any more ethical than racism or egotism. From a selection standpoint, my unrelated neighbor is more of a competitive threat than a chimpanzee, so why shouldn't I be willing to sacrifice my neighbor in the interests of research? Is empathy for "charismatic megafauna" a byproduct of our nervous system that was selected for ...

"Flarky" <Rexun...@yahoo.com> wrote: I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Since finches, otters, and several other non-primates are known tool users, tool use in and of itself isn't a reason to rearrange taxonomy. Nearness of physical relationship, ...

... in article epk3o7$d71$1@darwin.ediacara.org, Bob Kolker at nowhere@nowhere.com wrote on 1/28/07 10:20 PM: Flarky wrote: Hi, I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? I most fervently hope ...

Flarky wrote: Hi, I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? I most fervently hope not. This is Political Correctness carried to the very brink of insanity. Chimps are too valuable as laboratory test animals to...

... news:epdhm1$16ag$1@darwin.ediacara.org... on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:18:13 -0500 (EST), Flarky <Rexunrex@yahoo.com> sez: Hi, I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? Hmm. No one seems to ...

...ca> wrote in message news:epdhm1$16ag$1@darwin.ediacara.org... on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:18:13 -0500 (EST), Flarky <Rexunrex@yahoo.com> sez: Hi, I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? Hmm. No one seems to ...

...make the rules of taxonomy. Guy in article eookm5$15tv$1@darwin.ediacara.org, Flarky at Rexunrex@yahoo.com wrote on 1/18/07 12:18 PM: Hi, I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? Thanks. ...

>Some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. My opinion: Only if a human-chimpanzee hybrid is born alive without the use of a mutagen (like choline). I am excluding mutagens because they can be used to force hybridization in dissimilar species. For example, choline has been used to make hybrid wheat/rye hybrids. The fact...

Hi, I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? Thanks.

...other for access to females. Common chimpanzees, on the other hand, only mate... "more aggressive" genes. Furthermore, common chimpanzees live in the same habitat as...'s favorite books was De Waal's "Chimpanzee Politics" WRT common chimpanzees and made the book recommended reading for all Republicans. (true story... that they be fascinated by the "politics" of the common chimpanzee....