Re: Chez Watt Re: Common ancestor between man and ape

On Jul 12, 1:52 pm, Mark Isaak <eci...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:17:45 +0000, UC wrote:
The point is that we DON'T call ANCIENT Miacidae or
Viverravidae dogs or cats, because they are MORE PRIMITIVE than dogs
or cats, even if they are ancestral to them.

We still call them mammals.

But the point is we don't call them cats or dogs, do we?

The word "mammal" is conceptually no
different from "cat" or "dog," merely more inclusive.

Duh...THAT'S the bloody point! 'Bird' is like 'cat' or 'dog'.

Is the coelacanth a fish? Was it a fish before 1938? If you are
consistent, you answered those two questions "yes" and "no" respectively.
And yet the coelacanth did not change.

Yes, it did.

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exposing the country to danger." -- Hermann Goering


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