Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!bcsaic!michaelm From: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (Michael Maxwell) Newsgroups: sci.bio,talk.origins Subject: Re: Evolution vs.(?) Creationism Message-ID: <9@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 12:51:40 EST Article-I.D.: bcsaic.9 Posted: Thu Dec 11 12:51:40 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 00:51:21 EST References: <2849@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <1261@cybvax0.UUCP> Reply-To: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (Michael Maxwell) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 13 Xref: mnetor sci.bio:54 talk.origins:196 In article <2849@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: > For what it's worth I believe the acid test of a new species is that > it is no longer able to breed with the original species it evolved > from... I've always thought this definition, if *strictly* applied, rather humerous. All males must be of separate species from each other, since they can't interbreed (and likewise all females)...:-) -- Mike Maxwell Boeing Advanced Technology Center arpa: michaelm@boeing.com uucp: uw-beaver!uw-june!bcsaic!michaelm