This is the farthest inland we've ever picked up a sea lion.

She really didn't want to socialize. She crawled over and looked kind of irritated.

the farthest thing from the truth.

Geography is the key, the crucial accident of birth. A piece of protein could be a snail, a sea lion, or a systems analyst, but it had to start somewhere. This is not science; it is merely metaphor. And the landscape in which the protein "starts" shapes its end as surely as bowls shape water.

I don't know. But you're looking at a long distance inland, 100 miles or so, before they would get to caves to do art in.

I learned years ago that you look at religion and politics like they were an Inland Taipan. You can choose to leave them alone or mess with them and take your chances.