wrote:

> Charter
> 
> sci.bio.evolution will be dedicated to discussions of evolutionary
> biology. These include, but are not limited to: Natural selection,
> genetic drift, mutation, gene flow, recombination, interactions of the
> mechanisms of evolution, sexual selection, levels of selection, common
> descent, systematics, taxonomy, modification with descent, macro- and
> homeotic mutations, adaptive mutations, the history of life on earth
> (including the Cambrian explosion and demise of the dinosaurs), the
> origin of life, paleontology, taphonomy, ecological genetics,
> behavioral ecology, game theory, computer simulations of evolution,
> punctuated equilibrium, optimality theory, historicity in biology, the
> growth of biological thought, the history of biology and evolution,
> Lamarck, Darwin, Huxley, Haldane, Fisher, Wright, Simpson,
> Dohbzhansky, Gould, Lewontin, Diamond, Dawkins, Leaky, Wilson, Kimura,
> speciation, adaptive landscapes, adaptation, population genetics and
> discussion of recently published works of interest (e.g. is there a
> "gay gene"?)
> 
> 
> Moderation policy: As listed above, Josh Hayes would be moderator.
> The only criterion for accepting posts will be relevance. Posts
> dealing with scientific aspects of evolution will be accepted;
> Articles of creationist content will be rejected. Those authors will
> be informed that the unmoderated newsgroup talk.origins welcomes such
> discussions. Talk.origins has a variety of FAQ files (available via
> ftp) discussing arguments favoring creationism. These have been
> discussed numerous times on talk.origins and will not be rehashed on
> sci.bio.evolution.
> 
> A pre-existing t.o. FAQ file ("Introduction to Evolutionary Biology")
> will be posted every month or so to provide background material for
> new readers or posters.
> 
> [moderator's note: This charter is obviously woefully out of date.
> I mean, FAQ files available via FTP? Who does THAT any more? Still,
> I think it's useful to post the original charter, and I'll also post
> Chris Colby's elderly FAQ as well. - JAH]

That could do with a wash and polish as well. There is one error in it
that was brought to the Archive's attention - he uses N where he should
use Ne - that was not made because Chris was absent w/o leave.


[moderator's note: So, then, do we have alternatives? The idea
would be to provide a document with a basic grounding in evolution.
I'm open to suggestions: please send them to my personal email
box at josh at blarg dot net, since the admin account for this
queue has been overrun with v*i$a*gra ads and the like. - JAH]


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John Wilkins
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"Men mark it when they hit, but do not mark it when they miss" 
                                               - Francis Bacon
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