Hi Chris d m The papers Ive been reading regard horizontal genetic transfer as a mechanism by which the machinery of translation, transcription and replication evolved. As cellular organisms became more complex this mechanism gives way to vertical genetic transfer which then dominates evolution. They call this hypothetical period the Darwinain Transition. At this point selection at a genetic level takes over. I cant vouch for the ideas plausibility.
I think that selection at a genetic level is enough to account for altruism. Hamilton's law predicts that behaviors will be undertaken so long as the benefit multiplied by the degree of genetic relatedness outweighs the cost. This equation gets healthy support from the study of bees, wasps and ants etc where the unusual 2/3 relatedness between female siblings gives rise to unisially co-operative behaviour and between sisters. All the best --- Original Message --- From: "meekerdb" <meeke...@verizon.net> Sent: 13 August 2013 4:56 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Serious proof of why the theory of evolution is wrong On 8/12/2013 9:41 AM, Chris de Morsella wrote: > > What co-evolutionary traits have been shown to have occurred in dogs and > cattle because > of their association with humans (so which are therefore part of the > equation)? > Dogs are just wolves that, thru (un)natural selection have evolved to bond with humans as with a pack. Cattle similarly evolved to be docile and tolerant of humans. > For example with sheep -- is sheep dog behavior evolved? Or are they > expressing genetic > potential that was already innate in their species? That would also be an > interesting > example, if it can be shown that an evolved set of behaviors (e.g. instincts) > developed > in those dog species that were bred for working with cattle or sheep that is > absent in > other dog species that there are epigenetic and/or DNA encoding differences > that are > related to and underpin the behaviors and traits being observed. > Wolves herd sheep too, so there was innate potential. But dogs can also learn a lot of words. I don't know whether wolves can or not. That might be an evolved capability. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
