On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Mark Lause wrote: > > So, there WERE many female contemporaries "Eve." They had kids. We > are also their descendants. We just don't have their mitochondrial > DNA, because--at some point--those lines came to an end. > But what is the probability that, out of an interbreeding population large enough to speciate, all but *one* maternal line will gradually become extinct? Darwinian evolution can't handle the phenomenon of extinction by relying only on gradual processes. Catastrophes are needed.
Shane Mage > This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it > always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, > kindling in measures and going out in measures." > > Herakleitos of Ephesos ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
