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Homo Sapiens? It's Homo Loquax, Says Tom Wolfe

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From: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)
Date: 20060513
Author:SCOTT SIMON

SCOTT SIMON
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)
05-13-2006
Homo Sapiens? It's Homo Loquax, Says Tom Wolfe

Host: SCOTT SIMON
Time: 1200-1300 PM

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Tom Wolfe is this year's Jefferson Lecture, the high honor bestowed annually by the National Endowment for the Humanities. In his remarks the acclaimed and veteran of the New Journalism argues that human beings are not Homo Sapiens. His ideas may seem a dramatic departure from those of Charles Darwin or even Mr. Wolfe's literary idol, Emile Zola. As Mr. Wolfe labels us, we are Homo Loquax, beings who upset the orderly process of evolution ...

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