From: Dace (edace@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat 14 Feb 2004 - 20:01:39 GMT
> From: Keith Henson <hkhenson@rogers.com>
>
> > > Dawkins and Hamilton made the case that evolution does not
> > > make sense unless you account for gene based inclusive fitness.
> >
> >According to Darwin, evolution is what happens to organisms. He may have
> >been onto something. Gould argues for multi-levels of evolving
structure,
> >much like memes and organizations and societies.
>
> Evolution does not happen to organisms. They live or die, reproduce or
fail.
>
> snip
>
> Keith Henson
An organism is not just a sack of molecules. What evolves is the form of
organisms rather than their material constituents.
Ted
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