On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Gary Klatsky wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:59 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: RE: Creationism as Science?? > > The mammalian brain is what the computer types call a kludge -- a patched > together conglomeration of existing parts which originally served different > functions. > > > What about the relationship to head size and the size of the birth canal. > Ask any woman if there was forethought in that design
Well, if Gould is to be believed, then I suppose the evolution of the human upright stance and bipedality took precedence. Also, as the argument goes, it might have been worse if human gestation lasted 18 mos rather than 9, and human babies weren't born in an embryonic state (with even larger heads), as Gould (1977) suggests. Mike Lee > > Gary J. Klatsky, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oswego State University of NY http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky > Oswego, NY 13126 Voice: (315) 312 3474 > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
