To: Alter Kaker
They're not. But from an evolutionary standpoint they are. You look at similar structures in similar plants, and peanuts are very clearly legumes. I don't care about what they do in your stomach, I care what they do for the plant.
That is called begging the question. Modern horses -- Equus caballus -- only came into existence within the last 3000 years.
You don't know that.
174 posted on
09/21/2006 7:19:39 AM PDT by
sittnick
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: sittnick
That is called begging the question. Modern horses -- Equus caballus -- only came into existence within the last 3000 years. You don't know that.Huh? Yes I do -- the evidence is overwhelming that Equus caballus was selectively bred out of Equus ferus populations strating about 3kya. Are you honestly suggesting that the common ancestor of all extant horse, wild ass and zebra species was... a modern horse?
175 posted on
09/21/2006 8:14:40 AM PDT by
Alter Kaker
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To: sittnick
That is called begging the question. No it isn't. My point is that nutritional content, cooking properties and everything else you bring in is irrelevent to this discussion. Peanuts share a botanical form and function with other legumes, not with nuts. Sorry.
176 posted on
09/21/2006 8:17:34 AM PDT by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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