Re: Extinction (was Jurassic Intelligence)

[Stan Friesen <swf@ElSegundoCA.ATTGIS.COM>]

>From: Phillip Bigelow <n8010095@henson.cc.wwu.edu>

 >    4) If you must evolve, evolve into more generalized forms.(or if you
 >       are already generalized, stay that way). Do *not* evolve
 >       into more specialized forms. 
 > ...
 > (personally, from a species-survival point of view, I don't think human's 
 > high
 > degree of cognitive intelligence is going to help us much in the long-run). 
,

Well, humans *are* pretty much the ultimate generalists - we live
in more habitats than any other single species, and we eat absolutely
*anything* that isn't actually poisonous - and we even manage to eat
some things that *are* poisonous (unless prepared correctly). [Our
genetic diversity is moderately high as well]. 

Also, your rules for clades cannot really be properly applied to
single species.  So as an *individual* *species* we have about
as much chance of staying around as any othe single species, perhaps
more. 

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