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   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
      
   "Wickeddoll"  wrote in message   
   news:hgt9et.2kg.1@news.evilcabal.org...   
   > Karl Johanson wrote:   
   > > "Led4Aces"   
   >   "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.   
   > >   
   > >> 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, he's not going to become half spider.   
   >   
   > But don't lawyers evolve from weasels?   
      
   Nope, they come from pond scum ... like the rest of life on Earth.   
   Unfortunately only very, very few human beings have actually managed to   
   evolve past that stage.  :-(   
      
      
      
      
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