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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.