# For Glen

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-glen/423748
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [October 23, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-glen/423748 "2007-10-23T20:31:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-glen/423748/21 "2007-10-25T20:39:41Z")

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[QUOTE=samclem]  
…or taking Bar exams. 🙂  
[/QUOTE]  
Or entering politics.

Whoops! Been there, done that, got the [political cartoon](http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/2005/06/who_was_the_ape.html).

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### Author: ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-glen/423748/22 "2007-10-25T21:06:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Malodorous]  
Our genus originated ~2 million years ago though, and I believe even the oldest members of _Homo_ are thought to eat meat. I assume thats what Cecil is referring to.  
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Isn’t _species_ different from\* genus\*? He said “_species_.” Wouldn’t the world’s smartest human say “_genus_” if he meant “_genus_?”

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