btw another great read is Jonathan Weiner's 'The Beak of the Finch' which documents Peter & Rosemary's finch research on Daphne Major - in the Galapagos islands of Darwin fame. Every finch was individually followed, including size, shape, who mated with who, how many eggs were hatched, etc. Numerous changes in the finches have been tracked over the decades, especially in response to rain fall changes which affected plant life and their seeds. But even here, the changes were not moving in any one direction (as one of the myths says) but often oscillated back and forth. I read the book at the beach a while back, so I can't recall all the details, but a good part of the book was devoted to the issue of the splitting of descendants into different species, i.e. what causes some descendants to lose ability to breed with other descendants (I believe mating BEHAVIOR was part of the equation). Great read.
========================== John W. Kulig Professor of Psychology Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Clark" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:51:10 AM Subject: Re: [tips] Evolutionary question Hi There are innumerable sites documenting the many misinterpretations of Evolution and Darwinian theory. See myth #6 at http://www.toptenmyths.com/index.html I would offer some other observations about what such nonsense indicates about American politics, except that some members of our minority Conservative government believe that humans and dinosaurs once existed together and the politician in charge of science for the country is a chiropractor! So something about glass houses inhibits USA-specific comments. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> 26-Sep-10 8:41:49 AM >>> Christine O'Donnell,the Tea party republican senatorial candidate for Delaware, has questioned human evolutionary theory. "if we are descended from monkeys,why ain't monkeys still evolving?",she asked. Maybe our Darwin wannabees on Tips can provide an answer. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=5175 or send a blank email to leave-5175-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=5177 or send a blank email to leave-5177-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5188 or send a blank email to leave-5188-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
