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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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 Posted - 04/22/2006 : 09:05:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Cuneiformist
Well, part of the problem, trogdor (for me anyhow) is that in many ways, all fossils are "transitional." My mother, for instance, is, in the slightest of ways, a transition from her parents to me.
Send me $20, Cune, and I'll promise not to tell your mother you just called her a fossil. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2006 : 17:44:27 [Permalink]
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| For the simple reason that no one else has mentioned them, I feel compelled to bring up "Darwin's finches". During periods of drought, there is fewer small seeds for Geospiza fortis to eat, but relatively speaking more large seeds. This has the effect of killing off smaller birds (with smaller beaks) during droughts, leading to a shift to birds with larger beaks in the population. Beak size is genetically determined and thus this represents evolution by natural selection. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
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Posted - 04/22/2006 : 17:54:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
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Originally posted by Cuneiformist
Well, part of the problem, trogdor (for me anyhow) is that in many ways, all fossils are "transitional." My mother, for instance, is, in the slightest of ways, a transition from her parents to me.
Send me $20, Cune, and I'll promise not to tell your mother you just called her a fossil.
D'oh! Hell-- I'm insulted that I've implied that I myself am a fossil. But since I haven't spawned, I'm not transitional at least! |
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