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Subject: Also a quickie. Author: Wade A. Tisthammer [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 02/21/02 11:37am In reply to: Damoclese 's message, "A quickie" on 02/20/02 3:46pm >>If I recall correctly, the concept of punctuated >>equilibrium was formed well after Darwin’s death, and >>Darwin himself espoused only gradualism, not such >>rapid evolution. > >Since my posts to you in the past have been largely >obfuscated and counter-productive, I'm not going to >spend much time here I have obfuscated your posts Damoclese? In what way? I think I can point to many more instances were you have obfuscated me (especially when you make personal attacks against me, such as in your “The truth shall set you free” post). But I recognize that all of this is probably just sincere misunderstanding, so I don’t hold it against you. If I have misunderstood you on any issue, I apologize. >but I will tell you this; as >evidenced by his book the origin of the species, it is >very obvious that Darwin was aware that the >environment effected the tempo of evolution. You may >not want to see that fact, or perhaps you never >bothered to read the origin of the species for >yourself, but within the mechanisms of Darwin's theory >he was fully aware that the rate at with which change >happened would be contingent upon the environment. Maybe, but to what extent? IIRC Darwin did not expect evolution was so rapid that it would leave such huge gaps in the fossil record. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Darwin Damoclese 02/21/02 3:18pm Some quotes from Darwin. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 02/27/02 1:49pm More on Darwin -- Damoclese, 02/27/02 4:48pm faith in rapid evolution -- Peter Flickinger, 02/24/03 12:53pm Rapid? -- Damoclese, 02/25/03 2:07pm