Re: Re: Re[2]: Linnean Classification and Creationism

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

>Well, so much for the species concept, eh? "Rather odd effect"?? Cladists
>will sacrifice _everything_ for monophyly, until the system is reduced to
>driveling idiocy.

And some clade-baiters will do anything to get in a snide remark, eh?

As I stated before, many, Many, MANY cladists (read "most") do NOT use the
extreme version of the "Phylogenetic Species Concept" being referred to.
Many recognize that the species is a different kind of taxon than a linneage
(i.e., a clade).

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
Email:Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)
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