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From: Eric Haas <>
Subject: Re[2]: [TMG] TMG 5.09 and Grandfather's autograph book
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 02:26:44 -0400
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Sunday, August 31, 2003, 9:45:48 PM, Stuart Armstrong wrote:

SA> I have also observed that relatives who have never known each
SA> other sometimes write the same. I told this to a palaeontogist one
SA> time and he said "Oh, that's nice", and turned away. He either
SA> didn't believe me or thought I was irrevelant.

I'm not surprised. Paleontologists generally study the fossil remains
of animals who died hundreds of thousands or millions of years ago;
most of their subjects never learned to write. <g> An archaeologist or
anthropologist might find your observations more relevant.

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