Re: Characterizing complexity

From: Michael Ragland (ragland37_at_webtv.net)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:53:07 +0000 (UTC)

MR:
I don't think Homo Sapiens are like sharks which have apparently adapted
so well to their environment that *any* phenotypical change would
decrease its fitness.

On a hunch sharks weren't living fossils I researched the subject and
there have been phenotypic changes as a result of the environment.
However, considering sharks have been around for 400 million years and
predate the dinosaurs I'm not sure how much of a case can be made they
are highly "evolved". I would point to http://www.dinofish.com for an
example of apparently largely evolutionary stasis.

Michael Ragland

"It's uncertain whether intelligence has any long term survival value."
Stephen Hawking

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