Twoschools of thought quickly emerged: reproduction was deemed the soleresponsibility of either the female egg or the male sperm - but notboth.

As a thought exercise, co-evolution has been around for less than a decade, or as much as 30 years, depending on who you ask.

Do you think the students will plug in to these modem philosophy trend?

Most of us have plenty of ideas - - -good and bad, practical and impractical - - just having an idea doesn' t mean we can or will act upon it.

That means opening up access to Western ideas - and to Western ideals of human rights, personal freedom and democracy.