>I don't know if this means genetically modified, but I think "fiddled >with" would describe them. Dori, I think that you should appreciate that there is a very huge >difference between gentic engineering and selctive breeding within the >continuum of "fiddled with." Both are relevant to the paleo inquiry but >selecting for fenitic tendencies in a plant versus splicing in something >like say a bacterium gene is huge fundamental difference. As one of the >ouder voices on the list, you should avoid "fuzziness." rick Well, at least I can spell what I (l)oudly say. Or, as Steve Martin used to say, "excUUUUUUuuuuse ME" (mispelled for effect). Dori Zook Denver, CO