snippy: musta been kind of a shock to you to find out about the monkey part?^

Maynard: how many times do i have to explain this to you? Humans did not evolve from apes, gorillas or chimps. We are all modern species that have followed different evolutionary paths, though humans share a common ancestor with some primates, such as the African ape.

snippy: well maybe your relatives are out of africa but mine aren't. mine appeared in the caucacus mountains in the oldt days and there wasnt any evolution. look it up.

Maynard: you're starting to sound like Deepak Chopra.

Maynard: i looked it up......... As new information comes down the pike, it is necessary to rethink theories that were once in place. The origin and labeling of the “so called” Caucasian, Negroid, and Mongoloid Races by 19th Century scientists, started racial groupings based on skin color by naturalists and anthropologists like Johann F. Blumenbach, JA Gobineau and HS Chamberlain. These men also equated skin color to psychological value and importance to race. Blumenbach named whites after the Caucasus Mountains because he thought the purest white people originated there. He didn't seem to realize the following: Russia, Chechens, Armenians, and other Southern Russians are considered to have Black Negro origins and Caucasus Mountains people are classified as "black" and are discriminated against. Blacks have lived in Southern Russia since prehistoric times and have occupied the Black Sea Region since the time of Senwosret/Sesostris (2000 BC) when Africans dominated the region.

HechoAmano: Maynard, funny you should mention Deepak Chopra, his more normal brother, Sanjiv Chopra, came in the store a few months ago when his flight got delayed back east. Nice guy, however he said the secret to healthy long life was to drink massive amounts of coffee everyday.

Maynard: Hecho...i disagree. the secret to a long life is not dining with other peoples pets. oh, and fuck lots of beautiful women and a few ugly ones.