----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: Re: Evolution Question
> At 10:49 AM 4/13/02 -0500 Robert Seeberger wrote: > >Bull,<G>, The way that is stated depends on sudden speciation, when in fact > >speciation is a very gradual process that could be observed only onder long > >term scales. There hasnt been enough time since evolution was first > >postulated to have observed an example of speciation. > > Well, in bacteria, there has been plenty of time - in terms of sheer > numbers of generations. > > I don't know enough about bacteria to determine how they define "species" > (like when somebody goes to the Mariana Trench and "discovers" new bacteria > species), but it seems like there should be a better example than just > "resistant strains" (which are classified as members of the same species, > IIRC, ala chihuahas and Great Danes.) > OTOH classification at the species level is arbitrary at times, if lions and tigers can interbreed, are then boxers and dachshunds really the same species? Horses and donkeys. Dogs and wolves. Housecats and wildcats? What does this say about the various human races? (Yes I realise how un-PC that is, but in context of the discussion I think it is valid.) xponent Chimpanzee Maru rob
