... RKS: I didn't attribute that to you. I extrapolated you position to see where it led, and it led to single cells. JRF: I never said that and don't believe...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Nov 2, 2003 5:32 pm
Ian, Thanks for your interesting and thoughtful comments. Why do you say that I was misrepresenting Tinbergen, when I said that his concept of the function of...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Nov 2, 2003 5:33 pm
I found it logical to consider summing the environmental conditions into which an animal evolves in the following way: 1) genetic environment; 2) physical...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Nov 2, 2003 5:33 pm
Robert, Again, thank you for your thought provoking comments. I believe there is one aspect of this topic we both agree and another aspect we might partially...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Nov 2, 2003 5:34 pm
Michael Price wrote: For everyone on this list interested in collective action and punishment, I wanted to mention an excellent paper that illuminates the way...
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Alice Andrews
smilla2001
Nov 2, 2003 5:34 pm
Dear all, Hope you'll take a look at the fall/winter issue of EMAC. http://www.entelechyjournal.com Cheers, Alice Andrews ... Essays like: "Defense Mechanisms...
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Andrew Brown
rackelhanen
Nov 2, 2003 5:34 pm
On Saturday, November 1, 2003, at 10:17:19 PM, Ian Pitchford wrote: IP> The greatest problem for theism is not evolutionary biology or science but the IP>...
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Quinlan, Robert J.
enyepa
Nov 2, 2003 5:34 pm
I don't know if this already made the rounds on the list, but here is an excerpt from a recent interesting paper on feminism in evolutionary biology with...
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James Brody
JBrody@...
Nov 2, 2003 5:35 pm
Colleagues: Alice Andrews is a very talented writer and designer, please visit her at Entelechy. www.entelechyjournal.com www.sunydutchess.edu/bhs/andrews Jim...
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Cathy Reason
CathyM@...
Nov 2, 2003 5:35 pm
... An elf is a highly specific hypothesis involving a specific sequence of multiplied assertions -- for example, a humanoid being which lives in trees, is...
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Michael Lamport Commons
michaellampo...
Nov 2, 2003 6:46 pm
It all grows out of animism. People are animals. To think that elves are special as opposed to Zeus and the other human gods, is delusional. The Greeks had...
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Ian Pitchford
ipitchford
Nov 2, 2003 8:32 pm
Volume 17 | Issue 21 | 40 | Nov. 3, 2003 Previous | Next fMRI: The Perfect Imperfect Instrument Spatially, functional magnetic resonance imaging is the gold...
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Ian Pitchford
ipitchford
Nov 2, 2003 8:32 pm
Meet the people shaping the future of science This interview was first published in New Scientist print edition, Freedom fighter It must have been amazing news...
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Eddie Jung
glad_gamer
Nov 3, 2003 4:14 pm
Hello, I just joined this group. I am the author of the article titled, "The Inner Eye Theory of Laughter: Mindreader signals cooperator value" just published...
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Dylan Evans
evansd66
Nov 3, 2003 4:15 pm
The third film in the Matrix series, 'Matrix Revolution', scheduled for worldwide general release on Wednesday, contains several references to evolutionary...
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K S Harris
keithsharris
Nov 3, 2003 4:16 pm
The Scientist Volume 17 | Issue 21 | 64 | Nov. 3, 2003 The Hirsute, the Hairless, and the Human Human intelligence has changed the world. Has it also affected...
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Anders Hede
hede@...
Nov 3, 2003 4:17 pm
Dear list Two questions: 1. Has anyone complied a list of studies that provides good evidence for human evolution in modern societies? E.g. from twin-studies. ...
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Aleks Jakulin
aleks_jakulin
Nov 3, 2003 4:17 pm
http://www.iht.com/articles/115883.html The fate of lemmings: It's murder, not suicide Carol Kaesuk Yoon NYT Friday, October 31, 2003 NEW YORK For centuries,...
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Paul Gross
prghome
Nov 3, 2003 4:20 pm
Yes, yes. But none of this casts important doubt on the overwhelming significance of the nearly universal cheapness and profligacy of the typical male role in...
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Robert Quinlan
enyepa
Nov 3, 2003 4:20 pm
Yes, perhaps, but Gowaty goes on to make the important point that predicted costs of reproduction are often confounded by various factors in local...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Nov 3, 2003 4:20 pm
... <snippidy snip> RKS: Nothing went wrong. They all moved to radio. Those talking heads just talked. Most of them were quite fat and ugly and didn't...
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Paul Gross
prghome
Nov 3, 2003 4:47 pm
In a message dated 11/3/2003 10:37:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... OK. Enjoy the thinking; but I''m not impressed. Note that this is not a negative on Sarah...
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Robert Quinlan
enyepa
Nov 3, 2003 6:48 pm
Maybe Gross' position is reasonable if feminism is taken as one undifferentiated thing, but existence of various feminist styles suggests such a view is crude....
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Paul Gross
prghome
Nov 3, 2003 8:09 pm
I would, were it not so late in the game and were I not so aged, ask you now for at least one example of a *significant* contribution to evolutionary natural...
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Ian Pitchford
ipitchford
Nov 3, 2003 8:09 pm
OP-ED COLUMNIST The Big Chill at the Lab By BOB HERBERT Published: November 3, 2003 A list of nearly 200 scientific researchers has been compiled and given to ...
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Stephen Blaha
BaliLtd@...
Nov 3, 2003 8:10 pm
To Anders Hede, I believe my book - The Life Cycle of Civilizations (detailed description on Amazon.com) - provides a partial quantitative answer to your...
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Nils K. Oeijord
nkotn2000
Nov 3, 2003 8:11 pm
Hello all! Sadly, Stephen Jay Gould died only two months after his 1433 pages book The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (henceforth, TSET) was published....
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Nov 3, 2003 8:11 pm
There seems to be a general oversimplification in this idea when applied to humans and just a little one sided. Firstly, we should consider group punishment,...
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Laurenson, Edwin C.
Edwin.C.Laurenson@...
Nov 3, 2003 8:11 pm
In response to this interesting posting I would point out that, since we do not currently have (and may never have) a good "positive"; theory as to why there is...
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Wade Allsopp
wadeall
Nov 3, 2003 8:12 pm
Herb Gintis claims: "Dawkins' argument is a misuse of science because it draws on scientific authority to make claims that are not scientific. This leads ...
