<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927882277741101113.post2041030378147314455..comments</id><updated>2007-09-18T10:36:29.543-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on This is an archive. Click &lt;a href=http://olysmusings.blogspot.com&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the new site.: Anna Druzcz: The Makings of New Lifeforms and Cons...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lamgelinaoly.blogspot.com/feeds/2041030378147314455/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7927882277741101113/2041030378147314455/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lamgelinaoly.blogspot.com/2007/09/anna-druzcz-makings-of-new-lifeforms.html'/><author><name>Oly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03050655657910944678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927882277741101113.post-6383607530010526967</id><published>2007-09-18T10:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T10:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting ideas, Oly, about what appears to be s...</title><content type='html'>Interesting ideas, Oly, about what appears to be strong work, at least in reproduction.  I look forward to seeing the show.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One comment, however.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Humans aren't the only species to be documented using tools; &lt;A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonian_Crow" REL="nofollow"&gt;New Caledonian crows&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A HREF="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0223_040223_lonsdorf.html" REL="nofollow"&gt;chimpanzees &lt;/A&gt;are two of the most publicized tool users/makers.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In my opinion, the two attributes distinguishing man from his animal brethren are:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1) The decision, 10,000 years ago, made by some tribes of our species, to become an agricultural culture, one intent on "mastering" our food sources no matter the consequences. (This ties in to the ideas Druzcz forefronts.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2) Our capacity for denial.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7927882277741101113/2041030378147314455/comments/default/6383607530010526967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7927882277741101113/2041030378147314455/comments/default/6383607530010526967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lamgelinaoly.blogspot.com/2007/09/anna-druzcz-makings-of-new-lifeforms.html?showComment=1190125620000#c6383607530010526967' title=''/><author><name>Hungry Hyaena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://lamgelinaoly.blogspot.com/2007/09/anna-druzcz-makings-of-new-lifeforms.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927882277741101113.post-2041030378147314455' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7927882277741101113/posts/default/2041030378147314455' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>