Re: Molecular Clocks

Robert L Trivers (r.l.trivers@juno.com)
Thu, 19 Feb 1998 08:08:07 -0600

>> <snip>

>>In reply to your forwarded posts: No I was not aware of Mr. Johnson's
list. Thanks for the posts.

With regard to the citations to Popper: It must be remembered that
Popper's programme of falsifiability was developed on physical science
models and, when applied to evolutionary biology, has been demonstrated
to be fundamentally incoherent.

The documentation for a genetic basis to altuism is extensive. Under
separate cover I've supplied a bibliography.

Yes, work on the molecular clock hypothesis has some interesting
ramifications for reconstructing the evolution of behaviour. Indeed, the
molecular clock hypothesis increasingly provides mathematically
irrefutable evidence that should silence all but the most shameless
anti-intellectual ant-evolutionists. The charge that behavioural studies
and molecular clock work are examples of "retrofit" analysis is
groundless.

Cheers,
RLT

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