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jacortina
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Message 37 of 61 (532911)
10-27-2009 8:23 AM
Reply to: Message 34 by Arphy
10-27-2009 6:46 AM


quote:
"But I must here remark that I do not suppose that the process ever goes
on so regularly
as is represented in the diagram, though in itself made
somewhat irregular, nor that it goes on continuously; it is far more
probable that each form remains for long periods unaltered
, and then
again undergoes modification." (pp. 152)
Darwin, C. 1872. "Chapter 4 - Natural Selection" The Origin of Species,
Sixth Edition. The Modern Library, New York.
Bolds are mine. And they pretty clearly point to an expectation by Darwin of stasis/near-stasis as being the norm.

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