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Is There Any Genetic Or Morphological Criterion For "Kind"?

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Topic: Is There Any Genetic Or Morphological Criterion For "Kind"?

RAZD

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Message 3 of 40 (352273)
09-25-2006 11:39 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by Dr Adequate
09-25-2006 3:28 PM

simple answer

How do I tell if two living or fossil species are the same "kind", or belong to two different "kinds"?

Easy.

If there is a definite undeniable evolutionary link between the two species then it is clearly change within a kind.

If there is no such link then it is two different kinds as it would take a "macro"evolutionary change to get from {A} to {B}.

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