In a message dated 4/11/2005 12:22:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Wow, any more interesting folks around? His wife is the ex-wife of Richie Havens. Quite an interesting person > > > >The point is that there is no trend towards "better" in evolution. > > > So there is no linearity > > Things may be linear but this is not in a predetermined direction. There is > no "drive to complexity, no higher and lower organism. Evolution may go in > one direction for quite awhile and then go in another direction or it may go > in > several directions at once (in some genera size may increase while in others > it will decrease. Humans are part of a linear trend in primate evolution to > prolonged childhood complex social behavior and intelligence. This may or may > not turn out to be a "good traint". Certainly before we entered the scene > primates were in decline for about `15 million years. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
