From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: Led4acs@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   On Dec 22, 11:55apm, "Karl Johanson"  wrote:   
   > "Led4Aces"  wrote in message   
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   > news:bad3caa8-8151-4bf5-8858-114e54af3b94@g31g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Dec 21, 12:11 am, "Karl Johanson"  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> And she created a pathogen that regressed most of the crew into half   
   > >> whatever they were / half one of their ancestors (which doesn't explain   
   > >> why   
   > >> Barclay became half spider, since they aren't ancestors of humans)...   
   > >Not exactly.   
   >   
   > Yes, exactly.   
   Try again.   
   >   
   > >Go back far enough and Humans and spiders have a common   
   > >ancestor. Probably hundreds of millions of years.   
   >   
   > Humans and spiders have a common ancestor, but spiders aren't ancestors of   
   > humans. Even assuming the silly premise of reverting to half human / half   
   > one of our ancestors,   
   Of course the entire premise of the episode is silly, but my statement   
   stands. What does the common ancestor of humans and apes look like? It   
   is going to look ape-like. What would the common ancestor of spiders   
   and humans look like? It's going to look a hell of a lot like an   
   arachnid, wouldn't look remotely human at all.   
   Barclay didn't devolve into a spider (I'm assuming that's what   
   happened, haven't seen the episode in years) he devolved into an   
   ancestor of humans and spiders....which was going to look a lot like a   
   spider. Pretty simple.   
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