Re: Joel and Bryant /talk/ about Sociobiology and other stuff

Joel and Lynn Gazis-Sax (gazissax@best.com)
Sun, 18 Aug 1996 20:25:30 -0800

Bryant wrote:

> Personally, I'm more interested in studying mechanisms than baby counting;
> current adaptiveness doesn't tell us a thing, necessarily, about the
> evolutionary history of a trait.
> Bryant

Then you are in agreement with Stephen Jay Gould and with me. SURPRISE! :)

Joel

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