Iron
Dagobah Resident
Re: Human Origins: Are we hybrids?
Given the huge amount of viral DNA in our own genetic code, I would vote for deliberate via viruses.
Deliberate, because I do not think that random sexual encounters would be enough to explain the maintenance of a new species.
Laura said:I think there's a saying of Ibn al-'Arabi that man is the only creature that can come into life as a man, and leave it as either an angel or a pig. Something like that.
The Cs say that we are composed of a smorgasbord of genetics from all kinds of critters. But surely, something did happen to move us over that chasm. Hybridization? Deliberate? Or accidental, via viruses? Or deliberate via viruses?
Given the huge amount of viral DNA in our own genetic code, I would vote for deliberate via viruses.
Deliberate, because I do not think that random sexual encounters would be enough to explain the maintenance of a new species.