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Subject:	Re: Why do we know all of this? (was Re: evolution)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 7 Mar 2000 13:49:19 GMT
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Kya Morden wrote: > On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 04:58:37 GMT, "Ben Roller" <broller@clemson.edu> > wrote: > > Ok everyone, raise your hand if these guys are making you feel dumb too. > > It amazes me that you all knew which moths were being talked about. Man, some > > people are just too smart. :) sorry :) I was an evolutionary ecology major in college, this stuff was drilled into my head. my wife says I talk about in my sleep. :) > In fact, this moth story (that and the canaries in the...gelopegoes(?) > islands) are the usual example(s) of natural selection. Finches in the Galapagos. For a good pop science book on this, read "The Beak of the Finch." -Chris

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		Re: Why do we know all of this? (was Re: evolution)
(...) Ack! >_<;; I took "The evolution of human nature" (aka intro to sociobiology) which the first third of the class focused on "real" evolution. Then in my "history of anthropology" (aka anthro theory) class, we started out with some of the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Why do we know all of this? (was Re: evolution)
(...) blinks I was almost about to post about the difference between Lamarkian and Darwinian evolution until it was cleared up by the later poster. But, for the fun of it, the example of Lamarkian evolution would be that the giraffe's neck grew (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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