XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.tos, rec.arts.movies.current-films, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: not@chance.dude   
      
   Your Name wrote:   
   >> 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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   Damn, you must be a blast at parties.   
      
   :-)   
      
   Natalie   
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