Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 12:31:33 +1000 (EST)
From: Chris Cleirigh <cleirig@speech.usyd.edu.au>
Message-Id: <199706030231.MAA15089@fortis.speech.usyd.edu.au>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Meme Extinction
Apologies to anyone who receives this more than once (had some email problems
here).
I wonder how useful it is to apply the concept of extinction to single memes.
As I understand its biological usage, it refers to the termination of a
genealogical lineage and so is used most often in reference to species
(but also populations and taxa higher than species). As far as I know, it's
not usually applied to single genes (but then again I'm a linguist, not a
biologist).
Chris
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