Earlier daylight. You have the house mostly
straightened up but for both couches cushions, both from your sitting. Potted
plants were watered and the TV stand taken down behind the house until trash
collection tomorrow night. Jadah had you up early for foods, clean water and
opened window shades. Spooky was content with a tummy and lower back rub. Late
last night you finished the new issue of Automobile and are done with
car magazines until next month’s issues. Strangely, when viewing the comic
“Zits” this morning you were reminded of the odd nature of the human form. Form
is ‘function’ is the old adage, thus The Naked Ape comes to mind. - Amorella
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The Naked Ape: A
Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal is a
1967 book by zoologist and ethologist Desmond Morriss that looks at humans as a
species and compares them to other animals. The
Human Zoo, a follow-up book by Morris that examined the behaviour of people
in cities, was published in 1969.
Summary
The Naked Ape, which was serialized in the Daily Mirror newspaper and has been translated into 23 languages,
depicts human behavior as largely evolved to meet the challenges of prehistoric
life as a hunter-gatherer (see nature versus nurture). The book was so named
because out of 193 species of monkeys and apes only humans (Homo sapiens)
are not covered in hair. Desmond Morris, the author, who formerly was the
Curator of mammal at London Zoo, said his book was intended to popularise and
demystify science.
Morris made a number of
claims in the book, including that not only does Homo sapiens have the largest brain of all primates but also the
largest penis, and is therefore "the sexiest primate alive". He
further claimed that our fleshy ear-lobes, which are unique to humans, are
erogenous zones, the stimulation of which can cause orgasm in both males and
females. Morris further stated that the more rounded shape of human female
breasts means they are mainly a sexual signalling device rather than simply for
providing milk for infants. Although the book's subject was the many
behavioural consequences of the evolutionary transformation from
forest-dwelling, mainly vegetarian creatures to carnivorous hunter-gatherers,
reviewers predictably focused on the sexual aspects.
Morris attempted to frame many
features of human behavior in the context of evolution at a time when cultural
explanations were more orthodox. His explanations failed to convince many
academics for that reason, and also partly because critics charged that they
were based on a teleological (goal-oriented) understanding of evolution. For
example, Morris wrote that the intense human pair bond evolved so that men who
were out hunting could trust that their mates back home were not having sex
with other men, and suggested the possibility that sparse body hair evolved
because the "nakedness" helped intensify pair bonding by increasing
tactile pleasure. Like many other writers in the late 1960s and 1970s, Morris
warned against the "population explosion" (a term that originated in
the 1940s) in terms that seem exaggerated and apocalyptic with the hindsight of
almost half a century. Overcrowding, he thought, might cause terminal damage to
heretofore relatively stable social structures that humans had evolved in the
long course of their development.
Selected and edited from
Wikipedia – The Naked Ape
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0728
hours. This was a very interesting read back when it was first published as a
book. I remember using this hairlessness as an allusion to my description of an
angel in one of my early ‘workings’ for a novel that never took hold. Although,
come to think of it, I did mention this in one of the Merlyn books – that
priests and priestesses of certain ancient marsupial humanoid cultures held
that nakedness is next to godliness. I have not thought about this in years. I
don’t see the relevance here other than a reminder of something to speak of in
terms of marsupial behaviors.
Yes, we want to speak of these two aspects –
a tree as a governmental type body and of angels being hairless. The marsupial
humanoids were surprised that humans had ‘branches’ of government and that some
depicted angels as hairless. This is one of the early observations that helped
make the marsupial humanoids feel that the Homo sapiens is a close match with
marsupial humanoid in terms of consciousness levels social and esoteric
thinking. It is difficult for many marsupial humanoids to accept the fact that some
mammals can be so similar to themselves in terms of hairlessness and higher
spiritual consciousness. – Amorella
Let’s go with this Wikipedia public domain
image of ‘Hermaphroditus’ by Unknown at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in
Liverpool. Can you deal with this, boy? - Amorella
9757 hours. It certainly is easy to describe in words
– fine with me but I am surprised the physical is important at all in terms of
metaphysical angels.
It is important to show an example of
similar art among the marsupial humanoids. The marsupial humanoid work of stone
art has a more romantic flourish than Greek but the intent is the same a
spiritual being with a penis and a pouch. The hairless pouch caused controversy
at the time because the thick pubic hair (not fur) is essential for the joey to
survive.
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Description
Early Development
An early birth removes a
developing marsupial from its mother's body much sooner than in placental
mammals, thus marsupials have not developed a complex placenta to protect the
embryo from its mother's immune system. Though early birth puts the tiny
newborn marsupial at a greater environmental risk, it significantly reduces the
dangers associated with long pregnancies, as there is no need to carry a large
fetus to full-term in bad seasons. Marsupials are extremely altricial animals,
needing to be intensely cared for immediately following birth.
Because newborn marsupials
must climb up to their mother's nipples, their front limbs are much more
developed than the rest of their bodies at the time of birth. This requirement
possibly has resulted in the limited range of locomotor adaptations in
marsupials compared to placentals. Marsupials must develop grasping forepaws
during their early youth, making the transition from these limbs into hooves,
wings, or flippers as some groups of placental mammals have done, far more
difficult.
An infant marsupial is
known as a joey. Marsupials have a very short gestation period (about
four to five weeks), and the joey is born in an essentially fetal state. The
blind, furless, miniature newborn, the size of a jelly bean, crawls across its
mother's fur to make its way into the pouch, where it latches onto a teat for
food. It will not re-emerge for several months, during which time it develops
fully. After this period, the joey begins to spend increasing lengths of time
out of the pouch, feeding and learning survival skills. However, it returns to
the pouch to sleep, and if danger threatens, it will seek refuge in its
mother's pouch for safety.
Joeys stay in the pouch for up to
a year in some species, or until the next joey is born. A marsupial joey is
unable to regulate its own body temperature and relies upon an external heat
source. Until the joey is well-furred and old enough to leave the pouch, a
pouch temperature of 30–32 °C (86–90 °F) must be constantly
maintained.
Selected and edited from
Wikipedia – marsupial
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Mid-afternoon. You had lunch at Panera/Chipotle and
are presently at Kroger’s on Tylersville for essentials where you have been
setting up a parallel doc for adding to Pouch 2.2. Now, go to Running
Through and search for joey. – Amorella
You
are home. Carol just gave you a letter to be typed so that three sisters and
their husbands will be buried (ashes only) on Westerville/Otterbein Cemetery Lots
four, five and six originally bought by James Flook in 1885. Flook is the
maiden name of Jean Cook Hammond’s (Carol’s mother) Grandmother Flook. Carol’s
parents, Grandville and Jean are buried in the West 3 lot. Mary Lou has the
West 4 lot. Carol and you have the East 3 lot and Linda and Bill have the East
4 lot in an older area of the cemetery. Type their letter, which will need
signed and notarized before Linda returns to Florida next Wednesday. You and
Carol are both considering on buying small granite gravestones similar to the
ones her mom and dad have. - Amorella
2204 hours. Carol had crackers and cheese
and I had left over heated baked beans and wieners; and later, carrots. We
watched “Major Crimes”, “24”, and “Rizzoli and Isles” as well as ABC News. We
are both about ready for bed.
You
did get the cemetery letter completed and made four copies. Tomorrow will be
time for chores more than errands, lunch and then back to Columbus for a night
with Kim, Paul and the boys. There will be time for errands/chores on Monday
and time with Linda. We’ll work through Pouch 2.2 as we may. Post. – Amorella
2211 hours. I am out of my routine.
How do you think Blake feels? At least Pyl
and Justin have one another. Blake feels like an unneeded third wheel. Do you
remember how long it is going to take to get across the galaxy – three months.
We will use an episode for each month –- so, about thirty days have gone by and
they are about two weeks from the center of the galaxy. You need to note the
day they left so we have a human count of the days. Post. – Amorella
2220 hours. Does this mean we are going to do the same
in book three, three months to come home?
It would seem reasonable. – Amorella
But wouldn’t it be better if they are in a ‘situation’
of some kind? I promised Uncle Ernie I would not leave the marsupial humanoids
somewhere out in space. I assume they are coming back to Earth to meet with
officials of various governments in secret. Readers expect some kind of climax
at the conclusion of book three. I am hoping for a wonderings – who, when and
where is something going to happen.
It’s a little early to speculate how the
trilogy will conclude, but wonder would be a good ‘what if’ theme. Something on
the order of who’s coming – angels or aliens? – Amorella
I don’t like that because of that new Sci Fi show,
“Dominion”. I watched the second episode and it was a bit better than the
first, but I see parallels with other older science fiction stories every so
often. Watching is showing me the film process of story development. I don’t see
angels projected into human bodies though. In some ways I cannot imagine an
angel even realizing a human being exists. Once it has an ‘image’ of some sort
of G---D the universe(s) would be blind to those angels who can ‘see’. If an
angel found/realized itself within a physical human body, then it would have
lost its angelic nature both in experience and in theory. It would be somewhat
similar if a human mind could survive in the physical body of a fish. To do
this the mind would have to lose its humanity. It would not understand its
humanity because it is than a fish mind not a human one. (2244) I have entered
into silliness here. Time for bed.
Sleep well my little friend. – Amorella
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