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Re: selective paedomorphosis



In a message dated 98-04-12 03:09:27 EDT, PATG@vax2.concordia.ca writes:

<< "It's the mechanism
 that best explains what flightless birds we have now" is presumably
 testable, given the finite number of eligible species and the amount
 of evidence that could be amassed for each; claiming it as the ONLY
 mechanism, even for finite numbers of known species, has a strong
 whiff of negative evidence about it; extending it back to the Mezozoic
 sounds dubious indeed.  >>

Thank you very much. My point exactly.