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panlives Inner circle 2087 Posts |
A British family with a bizarre speech deficit
has led linguists to FOXP2: a gene that begins to
explain how our ancestors acquired language.
http://discovermagazine.com/2011/oct/08-......ur-cells
"Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
"To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time." "That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes. |
ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
ARTHUR: (to caveman) It's on a triple word score and... I've explained the rules to you... put down the jawbone!"
FORD: Arthur, what are you doing? ARTHUR: Trying to teach the cavemen to play Scrabble. It's uphill work. The only word they know is "ugh" and they can't spell it!
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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