Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!gargoyle!dan From: dan@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Dan Breslau) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: An aquatic phase in human evolution Message-ID: <127@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-May-84 19:42:25 EDT Article-I.D.: gargoyle.127 Posted: Mon May 7 19:42:25 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 8-May-84 00:42:21 EDT References: <976@ihuxm.UUCP> Organization: U. Chicago - Computer Science Lines: 17 Patrick Wyant (ihuxm!gjphw) writes, This is just a quick note about the "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" phrase mentioned in an article by D. Breslau (gargoyle!dan). I claim that this relationship does not have many supporters among contemporary biologists. . . I'm sorry I was misunderstood. I was merely quoting that statement, not asserting it. I agree that it is not a supportable hypothesis. I also hope there won't be a long discussion about it. Dan Breslau ihnp4!gargoyle!dan