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This thread is losing contact with paleontology, so unless there is a request for further discussion on the list, I will reply individually. One point should probably be clarified, though:
>>The particular concern for such religions is with humans, and
iterative evolution will not satisfy someone who wants Cretaceous humans.<<
This was written in reference to Mysterious Origins of Man and similar productions. Hare Krishnas oppose evolution because they think humans have been reincarnating for hundreds of millions of years. The Mysterious Origins of Man TV show cited some of the stuff that even many young-earthers admit is bogus, such as the purported association of human and dinosaur footprints, in an effort to show that humans were around in the Cretaceous. Their desire for cyclicity will not be satisfied by iterative evolution.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
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