From: Sarah Berel-Harrop (sec@hal-pc.org)
Date: Sun Oct 12 2003 - 21:36:24 EDT
Walt said:
"My bookshelf is too full for anything other than what I really need. For
evolutionary biology the web site:
http://www.Colorado.EDU/epob/epob3250mgrant/public_html/lectlist.html
was recommended to me for a cursory understanding. Do you think this is
O.K.? "
Personally, I find it fractured. Lecture notes are by
their nature incomplete. Talkorigins FAQ's are better,
albeit not to the same depth. The best thing really is
a textbook. That is the only thing that is going to give
you a concise and fairly complete survey of the basic
concepts involved.
I said:
"You seem to be
using _Origin of Species_ as your reference point,
and that is quite inappropriate."
To which Walt replied:
"Wrong on two counts.
1.) I use Darwin's work only as a reference for what Darwin really said --
versus what I read as someone else's opinion of what he said. (e.g. that he
spoke of mutation.)
2.) That _is_ the appropriate way to evaluate what Darwin said. (IMO) "
Walt, who is telling you Darwin spoke of mutations?
That is completely wrong, and if it is on the internet
I would like a URL. Sure reading Origin of Species
will tell you what he said. It also provides examples
of Darwinian concepts that were later falsified, like
divergence & blended heritability (I am not sure I
have got the latter terminology correct). But what
is your objective, to understand what Darwin said
or to understand the modern field of evolutionary
biology?
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