(OPE-L) Fw: Reuters.com - Karl Marx's DNA Mystery - Thurs April 01, 2004 03:44 AM ET

From: Gerald A. Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 06:41:07 EST


Here's a *weird* story.  So ... was Marx an alien?
In solidarity, Jerry


KARL MARX'S DNA MYSTERY

By Margaret Sheppard, Health and Science Correspondent

Scientists at Sussex University in the United Kingdom examined
a lock of hair to determine the ethnic and genealogical background
of Karl Marx, the "founder of communism."   What they discovered
by analyzing Karl Marx's DNA has them puzzled.  Dr. Peter Jeffries
confirmed today that Marx's DNA does not match that of any known
species on Earth!  While Dr. Jeffries claims that much more research
is needed before any conclusions are drawn, the Reverend Philip
Johnstone from Christ's Church in Middlesex, UK, has asserted that
there is now DNA evidence to prove that Marx was "the anti-Christ."

Full story:
Reuters.com - Karl Marx's DNA Mystery
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=471234&section=news

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