Tata  wrote:

> "Representative Trantis"  wrote...
> > If Darwin had been magically transported forward in time, and spent a few
> > months in 2003, seeing how evolution and anthropology (and perhaps most
> > importantly a knowledge of the laws of inheritance, genetics and DNA) had
> > advanced, what do you think he would have felt?
> 
> I cant speculate what darwin might have felt by advances in science. I
> can suggest he would be complete UNDERWHELMED by any advances in
> evolution. Although evolution is an ongoing process, its progress is
> not measured in years or even hundreds of years. Thousands and
> millions are closer to the mark.

Oh I don't know. We have a few more speciation events than he had. The
morabine grasshoppers in South Australia being one. And Rhagoletis
fruitflies in SoCal. These would excite him, I'm sure.
-- 
John Wilkins
B'dies, Brutius
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