Evolution Revisited

I know it's mean, but I'm still laughing at this particular article on the BBC News website. If you have a spare moment, check out "Monkey Misery for Kenyan Women Villagers." Basically, a troop of monkeys has terrorized this little hamlet in Kenya and is especially fond of mocking its women (who are left to defend the town during the day while the men are out drinking and whatnot). A couple of choice quotes have me even more convinced in evolutionary theory:

"'When we come to chase the monkeys away, we are dressed in trousers and hats, so that we look like men,' resident Lucy Njeri told the BBC News website. 'But the monkeys can tell the difference and they don't run away from us and point at our breasts. They just ignore us and continue to steal the crops.'"

And it gets better!

"In addition to stealing their crops, the monkeys also make sexually explicit gestures at the women, they claim. 'The monkeys grab their breasts, and gesture at us while pointing at their private parts. We are afraid that they will sexually harass us,' said Mrs Njeri."

Replace "monkeys" with "undergraduates" and I could (did?) read the exact same thing in the local papers. Actually, if you read about the rest of the monkeys' sly tactics, one would guess that we were the lower evolutionary link. You see, while I subscribe to the theory of evolution, I'm still working out the order.

Incidentally, my birthday is coming up - if you're looking for a gift, I'll take one of these sweet crotch-chopping monkeys.

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Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6959209.stm