Re: A critique of the BBC aquatic ape programme and the transcript.



Algis Kuliukas wrote:

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> Of course drift, at the genetic level, generated the variation within
> populations to make these changes possible. But it was selection from
> that population that clearly took place to change the LCA into Pan and
> Homo. I can't see how you can deny it, or suggest that any other factor
> was the primary cause.

This bears repeating because it is important. What you are describing
is not drift. You do not seem to know what drift is, for what you are
describing is soemthing entirely different.

> Now take that point and apply it to swimming. Same argument, same
> explanation.

Oh the irony! Since you do not appear to know what drift is, it is not
possible for you to argue much intelligently about it. I strongly
suspect you will somehow resist this, claiming that you understand what
drift is or claiming I am attacking you. This is not so. This is not
an attack, but a statement of fact: what you are describing as drift is
not what drift as defined by any evolutionary biologist. You should
demand your money back for your tuition from UCL because you received a
degree in an evolutionary field without learning one of the most basic
concepts in evolutionary biology.

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