Re: EVOLUTION Behavior Re: current natural selection pressures

2006-02-16 Thread Ned Dochtermann
February 15, 2006 7:39 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: EVOLUTION Behavior Re: current natural selection pressures What role does eusocialism play in this discussion in general and as it relates to group selection? Sharif Branham

Re: EVOLUTION Behavior Re: current natural selection pressures

2006-02-15 Thread Sharif Branham
ehavior Re: current natural selection pressures Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:34:09 - Well, good to see that some evolutionary biologists have started to clarify what natural selection does or does not! > All the clever joking, punning, and tongue-in-cheekin' aside, > whilst you are qui

Re: EVOLUTION Behavior Re: current natural selection pressures

2006-02-15 Thread Ned Dochtermann
of Nevada, Reno * -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of isab972 Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:34 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: EVOLUTION Behavior Re: current natural selection pressures Well, good t

Re: EVOLUTION Behavior Re: current natural selection pressures

2006-02-15 Thread isab972
Well, good to see that some evolutionary biologists have started to clarify what natural selection does or does not! > All the clever joking, punning, and tongue-in-cheekin' aside, > whilst you are quite correct to emphasize that "there is an > important [flaw]" flowing through any logic that GE

EVOLUTION Behavior Re: current natural selection pressures

2006-02-14 Thread Wayne Tyson
Isabella, I don' wanna get into an egocentric pissin match here (and I have no reason to think that you, personally, confuse ISSUES with personal opinion--we're all just trying to be clear, eh?), but your reasonin' is almost correct (well, it's correct, but limited), to wit: Don't behaviours d