On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:58:34 +0000, Alberto Monteiro
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Land wrote:
> >
> >> Humans are a peak in evolution, because we can't evolve further
> >> except by artificial means. The saber-tooth tiger was also a peak
> >> in evolution, and look at what happened to them.
> >
> > Humans are *a* peak in evolution, but not necessarily *the* peak.
> >
> Exactly what I wrote, as there can be no two "the" peak, and I
> mentioned two peaks :-P
>
> Alberto Monteiro
Well, a "peak" could be seen as a "local maximum", and you could have
a number of "local maximums" and one "maximum" that would be "the"
peak.
Kind of like some mountains.
Julia
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