tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21596698.post2075302258200146011..comments2024-02-14T09:29:11.576-07:00Comments on Michael's Meanderings: Devolvoing.Meandering Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464355148386507875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21596698.post-23102169262653970042009-12-19T19:58:55.353-08:002009-12-19T19:58:55.353-08:00Scientific Chick: In the span of a day, she went ...Scientific Chick: In the span of a day, she went from bird to elephant to frog. Tonight she went to bed on her lily pad.<br /><br />Clare: I've always thought of evolution as more of a grassy knoll. The grass sends out runners that develop into new tufts of grass. Some of the old tufts remain, but some die off (Although I suppose this is easier to convey on a tree if you draw lines through it to mark the passage of time - assuming that time is linear, of course). By the way, have you ever thought about changing the name of your blog to "The Fundamentalist Darwinian"?Meandering Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464355148386507875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21596698.post-86990373895672634672009-12-19T11:04:00.187-08:002009-12-19T11:04:00.187-08:00My guess? Octopus.My guess? Octopus.Scientific Chickhttp://www.scientificchick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21596698.post-70157980734640981592009-12-19T10:10:35.448-08:002009-12-19T10:10:35.448-08:00I read the title, and thought you'd sold your ...I read the title, and thought you'd sold your 77 Volvo Stationwagen. <br /><br />Plus you're still evolving. We tend to think of evolution as a hierarchy, a ladder if you will. In truth it's more like a branching tree, with the latest tips the latest evolved species. And while its true that there does tend to be an increase in complexity, it isn't necessarily the case. <br /><br />It ends up how it ends up, there is no ladder.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13941161274230227274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21596698.post-3716618834556273892009-12-18T21:41:29.186-08:002009-12-18T21:41:29.186-08:00No way she's just got a great imagination!!! ...No way she's just got a great imagination!!! I mean, who wouldn't want to be in a family of monkeys! I think you should go back to that one myself. <br /><br />And when you become a family of woolly mammoths or saiga antelopes, you know where to go to feel at home! :)dogsled_staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403769033505046018noreply@blogger.com