[Magdalen] praising the Liberal Arts

[Ann Markle]

Yes, of course. Duh is all I can say.

On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 12:18 PM Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was wondering the same thing.
>
> Ann?
>
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
>
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Juli Tarsney <juli at tarsney.net> wrote:
>
> > Now *I'm* confused. Wouldn't a 17:1 F-M ratio argue FOR polygamy?
> >
> > Ann?
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> > > I see. Agreed, though the literature you cite is from the Middle East,
> > not
> > > primarily Europe per se (and my assumption is they’re referring to
> > northern
> > > and western Europe, which may be incorrect). The curious/surprising
> thing
> > > to me was the 17:1 woman/man ratio, and how that was deduced by reading
> > the
> > > human genome. It makes it surprising that polygamy developed (though
> > again,
> > > not in northern and western Europe — in fact, maybe that’s why it
> DIDN’T
> > > develop there!): polyandry would make a lot more sense!
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 3:18 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> The Old Testament is full of just the sort of thing the scientists are
> > >> describing.
> > >> People moving from one area to another,
> > >> along with their families and livestock,
> > >> conquering cities,
> > >> killing the residents (or at least the men).
> > >> Sometimes in battle.
> > >> Sometimes by stealth.
> > >>
> > >> Nearly all of ancient literature is about war and occupation.
> > >>
> > >> And here are these scientists surprised to discover (in their study of
> > >> genetics)
> > >> that loads and loads of men died just as history was about to be born.
> > >>
> > >> If they’d done their undergraduate reading they wouldn’t have been
> > >> surprised at all.
> > >> -M
> > >>
> > >> On Friday, June 1, 2018, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Margaret, I'm trying to puzzle out what you mean here, but I just
> > >> can't.  I
> > >> > hate to be so dim, but could you say a little more?
> > >> >
> > >> > Ann
> > >> >
> > >> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > >> > Buffalo, NY
> > >> > ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> > >> >
> > >> > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 10:44 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > I just read a news article that says that seven thousand years ago
> > wars
> > >> > had
> > >> > > so reduced the male population that there was only one man living
> > for
> > >> > every
> > >> > > seventeen women.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Apparently these people have never read the Old Testament.
> > >> > > Or the Bhagavad Gita.
> > >> > > Hello Philip of Macedon. Hello Alexander the Great.
> > >> > > Homer? That guy on the Simpsons?
> > >> > > There was a time when epic was a noun.
> > >> > > -M
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > > --
> > > Ann
> > >
> > > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > > Buffalo, NY
> > > www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> >
>
-- 
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com