To: R. Scott; wallcrawlr
So then wouldn't everything in that niche have reamined the same then, if there were no pressure to change. And if there was pressure to change, then why did this one stay the same?
55 posted on
03/09/2006 3:49:58 PM PST by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
Scientists don't really know whether it changed (adapted) during it's existence on Earth, or not.
According to their records, these rats are older than man, so what the hell would we know about it?
102 posted on
03/09/2006 5:19:30 PM PST by
UCANSEE2
(and miles to go before I sleep.)
To: metmom
Scientists don't really know whether it changed (adapted) during it's existence on Earth, or not.
According to their records, these rats are older than man, so what the hell would we know about it?
103 posted on
03/09/2006 5:19:33 PM PST by
UCANSEE2
(and miles to go before I sleep.)
To: metmom
So then wouldn't everything in that niche have reamined the same then, if there were no pressure to change. And if there was pressure to change, then why did this one stay the same?To answer that I suspect you'll have to go to Laos and get your hands dirty with some, you know, real-live scientific-type work. :-)
105 posted on
03/09/2006 6:09:24 PM PST by
jennyp
(WHAT I'M READING NOW: Life and Solitude in Easter Island by Verdugo-Binimelis)
To: metmom
So then wouldn't everything in that niche have reamined the same …
The rat squirrel adapted well to fill a particular niche. It had adapted well and no further change was necessary.
146 posted on
03/10/2006 3:41:40 AM PST by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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