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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:07:28 +0000
From: [unknown]
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: PhyloCode: Re: PhyloCode Taxonomic Classifications
> > it will not be for Evolution either. >=20 > What do you mean? If PhyloCode wins it will take over the vocabulary of Evolution.=20 > (I can only guess, but maybe you think the unit of evolution is the= =20 > species. It isn't. The population is.) So with Evolution species is just a construct of language and not som= ething that really exists in nature? If PhyloCode doesn't contain spe= cies it seems that that is what you are saying.=20 Yisrael Asper yisraelasper@comcast.net Pittsburgh PA > > I think then that since no agreement amongst the PhyloCoders is i= n a > > likely prediction, the concept of species should be dumped for > > combinations with PhyloCode >=20 > Not necessarily. As I said and as the PhyloCode homepage says (in t= he=20 > third paragraph), a code for species names which (code) will be com= patible=20 > with the PhyloCode is in preparation. Just be patient. >=20 > > and if as it appears to be that Phylocode will win > > it will not be for Evolution either. >=20 > What do you mean? >=20 > (I can only guess, but maybe you think the unit of evolution is the= =20 > species. It isn't. The population is.) >=20 > > bird watchers. Maybe PhyloCoders will insist I say Dinosaur watch= ers. >=20 > Oh, please. Birds are dinosaurs, but they stay birds. Bats are mamm= als,=20 > but they stay bats. You are a chordate, but you stay human. You can= have=20 > clades within clades within clades within clades, ad infinitum vel= =20 > nauseam. >=20 > --=20 > Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko= ! > Satte Provisionen f=FCr GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partn= er