Re: language and dna

From: Daniel J. Milton
Message: 48361
Date: 2007-04-23

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Mate Kapovic" <mkapovic@...> wrote:
>
> I read somewhere that they discovered a language in which there were
23 (or something like that) different names for 23 different species
of butterflies (?) which were identical on first sight but proved
different by DNA analysis. The problem is I forgot the exact details.
> Does anybody have a reference and/or details about this case (or
something similar)?
>
> Mate
******
See the February New Scientist story:
http://tinyurl.com/ywqdez
Note that it's the larvae (edible?) they have names for. These may
look more different than the adults. I'll try to find more.
Dan

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