Jim writes: > Sure, natural selection can be occurring while extinction is taking > place, but the extinction is NOT the result of natural selection.
If you don't wish to buy my examples, which I'll certainly stand by, it
nevertheless might be useful to remember that Darwin labeled one of his
sections in
the "Origin of Species," "Extinction caused by natural selection." You can
read the section on-line at:
http://www.bartleby.com/11/4006.html
Wirt Atmar
