Do zombies recognize gender?

Brendan P. Buckless & Antonia Armstrong-Laira

Donner Party: Zombie Horde

Based on George Matheson’s I am Legend we decided to create two subdivisions of zombie:

I) Unevolved

II) Evolved and community oriented

We created a web to break down our thought process and conclusions. Our first question was:

1) Do zombies form communities?

→No → isolated →why? → competition for food → brains → not an evolutionary driver.

→Yes → in a horde → why? → to find food → do they work together? → inadvertently →

form of social evolution? → yes → why? →

2) When a zombie horde forms, does it ever dissolve? → No → why? → because it’s easier to hunt.

3) But does that really indicate a sense of community? → maybe, but what is community?

4) A community is: mutual reliance dependent upon communication.

 →Verbal → moans? → too speculative to quantify.

→Non-verbal → acknowledgement of one another? → yes →

5) Does that indicate consciousness though?

 → could we even know? → consciousness depends on memory  → can’t be quantified, too speculative.

6) Take a step back. What is consciousness?

→memory formation → as in primal desire? → animals have some memory → 

don’t dogs recognize their own name? → yes → but isn't that just familiarity? → maybe.

7) What about collective identity? → zombies know the difference between humans and other zombies.

→but do they know the difference between zombies? → how so? → better question is →

how do humans perceive difference? → gender.

8) Do zombies recognize gender?  

→No, they are all the same and therefore have attained total equality.

→Yes → gender dynamics then → attraction? → too speculative → but what about emotional

connection? → provided they can perceive difference within themselves shouldn't favoritism exist?