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| No Grace Period for Metabolism Either | 29 Nov 2004 17:28 GMT | 61 |
There is no grace period on metabolism in the origin.
Some scenarios suggest that first came a first
replicator - then followed a grace period where
natural selection allowed this first replicator to
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| ADMIN: outage in the coming week | 29 Nov 2004 05:22 GMT | 1 |
Folkareenos,
Alice (that's the spousal unit) will be taking a well-earned vacation
next week; unfortunately for her, the kids and I are tagging along.
She'll just have to cope.
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| Evolution metrics? | 27 Nov 2004 06:02 GMT | 9 |
Is there a mathematical or statistical theory of evolution that allow
the calculation or estimation of the amount of trial and error it
takes to produce a particular organism.
Suppose that you had to argue that humans did not evolve from
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| What determines size? | 27 Nov 2004 03:04 GMT | 10 |
Size isn't everything so we hear. The dinosaurs were pretty big and now we
have discovered small human creatures. So given the size of a planet there
must be a physical maximum size for its mammals. For instance, for a given
force due to gravity the heart would need to be big enough ...
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| Article: Scientists get their own Google | 27 Nov 2004 03:04 GMT | 5 |
Scientists get their own Google
Declan Butler
New search engine ranks papers by importance, and finds the free versions.
Imagine searching the Internet and being able to restrict your results to
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| Article: Mass decoding planned for flu strains | 25 Nov 2004 00:50 GMT | 1 |
Mass decoding planned for flu strains
Helen Pearson
Patterns in genetic sequences may explain virulence.
As part of the effort to thwart a global flu pandemic, US scientists have
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| formula for estimate rate of evolution | 25 Nov 2004 00:50 GMT | 4 |
Dear NG,
which formula for estimating rates of evolution do you know? (please
with literature)
Thanks
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| Article: Ancient ape gives clue to family origins | 23 Nov 2004 15:43 GMT | 1 |
Ancient ape gives clue to family origins
Michael Hopkin
Fossil from 13 million years ago sheds light on human split from apes.
Fossil hunters in Spain have unearthed what seems to be the most recent
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| Metabolism Forced | 22 Nov 2004 16:33 GMT | 39 |
I've lost the original thread to this,
and so I start this new.
>> But you and I have two different def. of life.
>> I'm guessing you say it's what follows a fluke replicator that |
| Which animal on earth will become the next intelligent species ? ? ? | 21 Nov 2004 05:27 GMT | 9 |
I think that cats and dogs, who learned a lot from humans, may, in a
few thousand years, become advanced intelligent species!
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| Article: Dinosaurs' 'bulletproof' armour revealed | 20 Nov 2004 18:52 GMT | 1 |
Dinosaurs' 'bulletproof' armour revealed
Anna Gosline
15:57 16 November 04
An in-depth study of dinosaur armour has revealed an unexpected new level of
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| Re: Hardy-Weinberg lawt | 19 Nov 2004 16:37 GMT | 18 |
> JE:-
> "Wierd"? Dr O'Hara is not correct.
> The HW distribution is just a binomial
> distribution derived from Pascale's |
| Re: Publishing scientific, and science-aligned | 19 Nov 2004 03:31 GMT | 1 |
"Peter F" <fell_trapforspambot_in@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
I have in fact not seen seen *any* "accEPTably
encompassing" algebraic evolution-theoretical concepts, anywhere.
And, I don't expect any such will ever eventuate.
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| Re: Sbe Peer Reviewed Paperst | 18 Nov 2004 16:31 GMT | 2 |
r norman <rsn_@_comcast.net>
> RN:-
> ...scientists are likely to radically change their behavior
> just as soon as the promotion and tenure committees and the grant |
| A Proposal For sbe Peer Reviewed Papers | 18 Nov 2004 07:06 GMT | 4 |
phillip smith <deletethis-phills@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> > [moderator's note: Phillip may be referring to James Graham's 1992
> > book, "Cancer Selection", which he self-published (and was kind enough
> > to send me a copy). Jim was a regular participant in this newsgroup |
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