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From: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (Michael Maxwell)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,talk.origins
Subject: Re: Evolution vs.(?) Creationism
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Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 12:51:40 EST
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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)...:-)
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Mike Maxwell
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