Re: Sauce for the goose
Glenn Morton (grmorton@gnn.com)
Fri, 03 Jan 1997 20:38:08>But you do the same thing, Glenn. Awhile back I presented evidence of trading
>between Neanderthal and Moderns,and you said: "You can't trade with a chimp."
>Declarative. You went on to expostulate:
>
><<Let us suppose that you are correct. Neanderthal traded for the flute.
>
>Can you name the last successful negotiation carried out by a chimpanzee, a
>baboon or a gorilla? To paraphrase Hugh, are successful negotiating and
>trading techniques now one of the traits we share with the soulish bird and
>mammal species? Is this objection of yours for real? This is a joke,
>right?>>
>
>Not just declarative, but rhetorical and dismissive. Yet we now know of a
>brand new book by a respected primatologist who records evidence of
>negotiation and reciprocation among apes.
Wow, what a conclusion you jump to. I said you can't trade with a chimp. I
still say you can't trade with a chimp. And the article you cite does not
provide a single example of trade among chimps. Nor does the word trade
appear in the article that I can find. What objects do these chimps trade
for? Neanderthals were trading for pretty objects and useful flints.
glenn
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