tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post6682584270357116773..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Wicked smart apesAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-16388251301280558252012-05-12T08:04:45.083-04:002012-05-12T08:04:45.083-04:00We don't see many movies, but maybe we'll ...We don't see many movies, but maybe we'll look at this one.....Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-38134762576748305952012-05-12T07:55:05.726-04:002012-05-12T07:55:05.726-04:00I think you should see the movie :)I think you should see the movie :)Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-61423472590564944172012-05-11T09:33:45.415-04:002012-05-11T09:33:45.415-04:00A couple of things. First, if the virus incorporat...A couple of things. First, if the virus incorporates into the genome, then it is a typical part of the genome thereafter. Even if the virus just inhabits cells, if it is continually transferred, it is part of the genome. It would be the genome definition that is wanting.<br /><br />Other traits can be developed intra-uterinely and transmitted, like various physiological 'set points' related to blood pressure and so on.<br /><br />This relates to our recent microbiome post (May 2012) on whose genome is it?Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-56875623163459845692012-05-11T09:21:32.757-04:002012-05-11T09:21:32.757-04:00Uh. Wait. You can pass along a virus to your babie...Uh. Wait. You can pass along a virus to your babies. If the virus acts on the babies the same way it acts on the parents, which in this case makes them smart, then I guess that's how intelligence gets inherited by chimps without inheriting modified genes. (???)Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-9655030517350864262011-08-09T20:47:05.277-04:002011-08-09T20:47:05.277-04:00http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/08/09/planet-of-the-a...http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/08/09/planet-of-the-apes<br /><br />This discussion includes the writer/producer, an anthropologist (Paul Mullins), and Kanzi's pal Sue Savage-Rumbaugh who was "impressed" and "shocked" and has a lot of interesting comments!Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-81459571149457917462011-08-08T12:56:42.648-04:002011-08-08T12:56:42.648-04:00There has got to be at least one more movie in thi...There has got to be at least one more movie in this series. That's all I'll say ;).Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-24833816974271521912011-08-08T12:32:05.670-04:002011-08-08T12:32:05.670-04:00looking forward to seeing the simian flick. i'...looking forward to seeing the simian flick. i'm curious about the light-speed social evolution. did they advance from small band level primates to a global conquering empire over night with this intelligence boost?Luna G.noreply@blogger.com