[thechat] hot new pix!!!

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Fri Aug 23 13:17:20 CDT 2002


On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Erika Meyer wrote:

> Evolution and parenting:
>
> An interesting thing about babies: they almost always start out
> looking clearly like their dads.  A few years later, they begin to
> look less like their dads, more like their moms, or simply like
> themselves.
>
> A recent study shows this (people could identify infants' fathers,
> but not the mothers), and my anecdotal experience does as well.
>
> The theory is that it evolution-wise, this is so the fathers will
> recognize their own children and so help invest in rearing them.  So
> there is no question of paternity.
>

Interesting. I can see several members of Lucy's family in Morgan (and he
has her hair - no mistake), but I can't see me in him at all, even looking
back at baby photos of me.

However, for one reason and another, there is absolutely no doubt that
he's my son...

Cheers
Martin

>
> Bob Davis wrote:
>
> >>A bit like this one:
> >>http://homepage.mac.com/martin_/.Pictures/colonsay/DSC01475.jpg
> >
> >Martin, that boy is going to grow up to look just like you.

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