On 06/12/2007, at 8:45 AM, hkhenson wrote: > >> Furthermore, I think pure Darwinian explanations are generally >> wrong. Everything doesn't arise from competition and we have >> mathematics >> (complexity) that demonstrates that, or at least very strongly >> suggests that >> Darwinian models are substantially incomplete. > > Until Hamilton came up with the concept of inclusive fitness, there > was a big hole in Darwinian theory that even Darwin was aware of. But > I am not aware of any other holes.
The mechanism of inheritance was another, and that led to Darwin's theory struggling round the turn of the 20th century. Until Huxley, Mayr, Fisher, Haldane and so on realised Mendelian genetics explained it. And then with the understanding that DNA was the carrier of the heritable information, that sealed it. Also, understanding that crossover and chromosomal translocations and so on are just as important to widening variability as mutations was a big support to the body of theory. Charlie _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
