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The title: 'You Can't Jump Half a Crevasse: Moving from Ownership to Partnership'

The thought: What (if any) is the correlation between octopoid neural evolution and attempting to discover the origins of the concept of 'property' in human society? And do orangoutangs have anything to do with this?

The triggers: http://the-scientist.com/2011/09/01/octophilosophy2/ , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property#Charles_Comte_.E2.80.93_legitimate_origin_of_property , and http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1987-97674-000 .

*Your* thoughts?