From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Dec 07 2005 - 08:32:52 PST
Any interesting study could be made of evolution of
the fighting population among the fighter pilots of
WW2 or infantrymen.
Those with heightend senses probably tended to last
longer those without were removed by the predators.
Rick
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick v100" <rickv100@yahoo.com>
> To: <MVlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [MVlist] other
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>
> > Case in point of natural selection and evolution.
> > Elephants are starting to appear without ivory
> tusks.
> > Reason being the predators (human poachers) shot
> the
> > ones with ivory tusks, therefore the survivors who
> > reproduce are the ones the predators did not want.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> > --- jimk13027 <jimk13027@usadatanet.net> wrote:
> >
> >> This is the scientific method:
> >>
> >> idea-conjecture-hypothesis-theory-law
> >>
> >> In the last few years evolution is making the
> >> jump from theory to law.Lately solid evidence
> from
> >> genomics show just how much we have in common
> with
> >> say deer, a snail, a maple tree or bacteria.Owr
> gene
> >> show common sequences.
> >> Comparing mitochondrial DNA mutations lets us
> >> estimate the time these changes took place.
> >> This backs up the fossil record and current
> >> observations show evolution in action(we have
> been
> >> getting taller because women chose taller men or
> >> drug resistant diseases) .
> >>
> >> Sadly most don't really understand
> evolution.For
> >> example we did not evolve from apes.Instead we
> share
> >> a common ancestor.Many too.
> >>
> >> Darwin himself never uses the word "evolution"
> in
> >> Origins Of Species
> >> He calls the process "decent with modification".
> >>
> >> Sometimes evolution goes backwards.Life
> adapts
> >> to a changing environment.Occasionally a simpler
> >> solution offers a better chance for survival.This
> is
> >> natural selection.Interestingly it is DNA copying
> >> mistakes that drive the process.
> >> It is not just luck or chance.It is a
> process
> >> where the good get to live and the bad are
> >> eradicated.This gives life direction.
> >>
> >> Intelligent design is an idea.
> >>
> >
>
-----------------------------------------------------------
> >> So here is the required MV content:
> >>
> >> The idea:"The Stalwart will not run".(A false
> >> statement.It will run if I work on it.)
> >>
> >> The conjecture:"It cranks over but does doesn't
> >> fire.It may have no spark.
> >>
> >> The theory:"The spark plugs spark, the float bowl
> is
> >> dry and the tank is empty.I think it is out of
> >> petrol"
> >>
> >> The Law:Engines won't run without fuel.
> >>
> >> JimK
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> >> removed]
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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