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Re: Ears under pressure. Was Re: Aquatic ape theory
Alex Duncan (aduncan@mail.utexas.edu)
21 Oct 1995 04:00:29 GMT
In article <468c9q$72d@news.cc.ucf.edu> Thomas Clarke,
clarke@acme.ucf.edu writes:
>I guess I am very much a follower of Dawkins and those who use
>the concept of a phylogenetic landscape. By "adaptive", I, of course,
>mean reproductively fit. Thus while variations are random, only
>those that lead to increased reproduction (adaption) increase in
>frequency so that the population tends to evolve in the direction of
>those traits.
Ever heard of genetic drift? It's real. It happens frequently. Try a
basic biology text.
Alex Duncan
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1086
512-471-4206
aduncan@mail.utexas.edu
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