Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 13:12:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020907131116.W44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20020907014049.GD16913@hades.hell.gr>
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On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > An understanding of the characteristics of mutation in virrii, and > > the development of new vaccines are not at all dependent on the > > theory of evolution. Mutations != evolution. > > On the very contrary. Evolution can only go forth through mutation. > Please do read Darwin's ``Origin of the Species'' again. Ahem. Evolution *requires* mutations to function, i.e. is *driven* by mutations. But the fact that mutations occur does not prove evolution. Mutations and evolution are two different things. Neal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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