Re: New theory on the origins of man
 

Hmm! If it's true I'm just wondering who it was who showed them (the ape and the pig) 'how to'....

....and keep on enjoying your bacon butties, Margaret - I know I will!!!!

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Is there a secret competition going on, see how many threads we can mention geese and peacocks?

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Seems a bit far fetched to me, how could a pig get his leg oer an ape, might be a bit feasable tother way round, but its still stretches the imagination a bit, aren't pigs domesticated Boars, aren't Boars a bit aggresive, I think that mon is looking for notariety, just waffle that can't be proved one way or the other.

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Why, are certain religions not allowed to eat apes?

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Bonobos monkeys use sexual acts frequently and casually as a form of greeting to other group members of either sex.
Bonobo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We may well regard this practice as deviant, but bestiality occurs in our society and is not confined to men with sheep or horses.

I consider it quite probable that a female monkey used the genitalia of a wild boar for gratification.

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I hope she let him have them back afterwards!

Our DNA has a 50% match with a banana- the mind boggles!

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Well that explains all the snorting,snotty pigs who are usually stood behind me at the Asda checkout coughing their germs in to the back of my neck.

Re: New theory on the origins of man
 

An interesting slant on the old standard of "Pulling a pig".

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Sorry if I'm missing your point but can't seem to find anything stating that these particular monkeys have varied sexual encounters with anything other than their own species..they don't seem to exhibit any behaviours that you wouldn't see at an average alcohol fueled xmas office party

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Ape groups have social outcasts and, having such a high sex drive, they are likely to be deviant.

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If we have learned how to splice genes together and create life in a test tube! Then... Then just perhaps there is a race of Aliens who gentially engineered us from Monkies and Pigs! I think that is what Margaret is getting at? ;)

Re: New theory on the origins of man
 

Anything's possible. Even you.

By the way, is 'gentially' a Freudian slip? I'm worried about you!

Should be a smilie there but I did it wrong again!

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ha ha ha - no it's a plain old spelling mistake? Meant to be "genetically"

Re: New theory on the origins of man
 

New theories of all stripes appear. What matters if these theories are to gain acceptance is whether or not they survive the processes of peer review - broadly, do others agree that theory is consistent with observation and other established principles? It's [TRANSGRESSION - abbreviation] too early to conclude that this theory is part of what is as true as humans can divine , though it's [TRANSGRESSION - abbreviation] too late to dampen the enthusiasm of the mockers. It's [TRANSGRESSION - abbreviation] always too late for that.

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Graham, if you don't mind me saying so you seem to do an awful lot of transgressing - so I assume you are either very 'naughty' or you lead a most interesting life.....