Neoteny was Re: god makes hubey

Bill Burnett (bbur@wpo.nerc.ac.uk)
Mon, 20 Nov 1995 17:05:03

H. M. Hubey writes:

>pnich@globalone.net (Phil Nicholls) writes:

>>Alex is not claiming that evolution goes nowhere or has no direction.

>He is, but it doesn't matter. I can argue against both :-)

>>However, evolution has no pre-set goal.

>Explain neoteny.

Explain how neoteny indicates a pre-set goal, please.

Bill

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