----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 10:23 PM Subject: Re: Darwin Radio [was: First real post - Hugo Noms]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In a message dated 1/27/2003 6:48:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > But isn't speciation itself a jump? You can't change > > > from a being with, say, 44 chromosomes per cell to a > > > being with 46 without a jump. > > > > A few more thoughts. The notion of an evolutionary jump is called a > > saltation and the theory was put forth by Richard Goldsmicht > > Do you know why it's called a saltation? I think it was explained to me > once in college, but I've forgotten. :( > Because it had to be taken with a grain of salt? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
