Re: Darwin, Evolution, the Animal Kingdom, and Man

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:25:29 GMT

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:06:31 -0600, Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> in
comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>Lester Zick wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 11:41:53 -0600, Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> in
>> comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>cantueso wrote:
>>>
>>>>Wolf Kirchmeir <wwolfkir@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<BGlsd.36350$kI6.1779161@news20.bellglobal.com>...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In general, genomic variation in a species is an indicator of possible
>>>>>future speciation. Humans are in a bad way in the regard - we have very
>>>>>little genomic variation compared to, say, horses or dogs. Or even
>>>>>chimps, although primates generally have low rates of genomic variation.
>>>>>One source (can't recall details, sorry) claimed that the genomic
>>>>>variation in humans is less than that among the litter-mates of dogs --
>>>>>and keep in mind that these litter mates have the same dam and sire!
>>>>>IOW, we are genetically speaking all closely related -- siblings, in fact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>that is a nice useful finding. everybody can see the philosophical
>>>>hint. it reminds us all of Genesis 1 .
>>>
>>>I didn't see it and still don't see it; And I am continually on
>>>the alert for such connections. Horses and dogs have been
>>>subjected to extreme artificial selection in breeding. Primates
>>>have not.
>>
>>
>> But the message I took away from Wolf's comment was that humans'
>> lack of genetic breadth had nothing to do with breeding per se but
>> more with the speed of propagation and dissemination of the species.
>
>You really got that from it? I'm obviously slow on the uptake
>here. Perhaps there is a NG history I'm not aware of.

Well, Wolf and I certainly have a history of several years, but no
evolutionary mutation has occurred in either of us that I'm aware. I
was more or less reading between the lines, more in contrast to
cantueso's interpretation than anything else.

Regards - Lester

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