Re: Tiktaalik

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

David Marjanovic wrote:


> Well, _actually_, that _is_ a small (though of course rare) change that 
> just _looks_ like a big one morphologically.

Yes.  It looks like a big morphological change, because it *is* a big 
morphological change.  Sure, it was caused by a small developmental change; 
but it's the resulting phenotype that's acted upon by natural selection.

Here's the story.  Jeff did a nice job of summarizing it, I think.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6647