On 2/3/2009, "howard posner" <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > > On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > > Darwin recognized that individuals don't adapt. > > ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ????????????????
Adaptation is a mechanism of population dynamics; what works will win - the individuals having more useful features will survive and produce more children. The individuals themselves do not adopt - in the darvinian sense. Got it? ;-) > I think what Darwin recognized is that acquired adaptations aren't > passed on genetically, which is a different thing. Yes, that really is another thing. Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
