Re: bacteria, dinosaurs, and man

["ekaterina amalitzkaya" <eamalitz@hotmail.com>]

> David,
>     Even if you don't agree that Metabacteria ("Archaea") evolved from
> bacteria (but believe it or not, even Woese briefly admitted this in the
> journal Science in 1990)--- it is still undeniable that our

At the risk of speaking non-saurian things it must be said, that in his 
waning days Carl Woese has dished out a lot of bull shit. Archaea have in no 
way evolved from (eu)bacteria. They are a sister group of the eukaryotes and 
their superficial relationships with bacteria are due horizontal transfers 
of genes- Something we do not seen in resolving animal relationships to such 
an extant.



> P.S.  Not to mention that Lynn Margulis believes eukaryotic flagella/cilia
> evolved from spirochaetes (also eubacteria).  But I have strong doubts 
> about
> that theory.

Right this is of course Bull shit

EA
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