From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: dtravel@sonic.net   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   Led4Aces wrote:   
   > On Dec 22, 12:46 pm, ques...@infionline.net (Harold Groot) wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:46:49 -0800 (PST), Led4Aces    
   >> 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 w=   
   >>> hy   
   >>>> Barclay became half spider, since they aren't ancestors of humans)...   
   >>> Not exactly. Go back far enough and Humans and spiders have a common   
   >>> ancestor. Probably hundreds of millions of years.   
   >> Yeah, but none of Barclay's ancestors had actual spider genes.     
   >    
   > But they have the genes of the common ancestor....which is spider-   
   > like.   
   >    
   Not even close.   
      
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