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To: donh
Homology is a special word, when deployed by biologists. It specifically means relationships established by genetic determination.

There is no possible genetic determination of fossil species for one very good reason:

WE DO NOT HAVE DNA FROM THESE FOSSIL SPECIES

Stop playing ring around the rosie. We have gone over this numerous times already.

6,386 posted on 02/03/2003 8:56:36 PM PST by gore3000
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To: gore3000
Homology is a special word, when deployed by biologists. It specifically means relationships established by genetic determination.

There is no possible genetic determination of fossil species for one very good reason:

WE DO NOT HAVE DNA FROM THESE FOSSIL SPECIES Stop playing ring around the rosie. We have gone over this numerous times already.

Yes, and we will continue to do so until you learn how biological science actually works. It is not an impediment to science that it has to infer history from presently available facts. What was once a species, is now often a family or phylum, examples of which are extant. That is a lynchpin point of Woese's work. & further, that is why it is important to understand how homology and morphology ring back and forth against each other to establish details of the early branches of the tree of life. Since you obviously found it boring to even try to do the homework I offered, I suggest we move on to something else.

6,404 posted on 02/04/2003 12:21:28 PM PST by donh
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