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To: TigerPaw who wrote (25020)7/20/2000 4:45:28 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Well, you are right, I am focused on speculating about results closer to the catastrophe. I see now that you are simply assuming that eventually, as things settle, Noah Rat and his wife begin the process of repopulation, and a new round of evolution takes place. Of course, I would say this lands us back in the difficulties faced before PE was introduced into the discussion: the stability of genetic inheritance, the slowness of accrued changes versus a dynamic habitat, the supply of niches easing competition for resources, the indifference of most traits for purposes of selection, and so forth.......