Cliff:
>>>How do you explain the origin of cellular complexity, without the
>>>macroevolutionary step of symbionts becoming genomically integrated?
Susan:>
>>gosh, if I had the slightest idea what you are talking about I might answer
>>that question.
Cliff:
>I was thinking of the not-so-new theory of cellular evolution through
>the integration of free organisms into one functioning cell. I'm sure
>you've heard of Lynn Margulis.
>I'm trying to save evolutionary theory, you're making it look silly
>by insisting on impossibilities and brushing aside objections in
>defense of a model that was ridiculed by T.H. Huxley from the start.
Hi Cliff,
I am an ardent admirer of Margulis. She once said "Darwinism will one day be
regarded as a quaint 20th century superstition." or something like that. Has
she written something lately? Do you know a good book or internet material
on this "not-so-new theory of cellular evolution"?
Bertvan
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