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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Isolation and Unique Species
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 13:16:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 13:16:32 1985
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> >>How could new species appear in isolated regions if they didn't evolve?
>    . . . <the following is advanced by Karl as a creationist explanation>
> 
> >> "There is a simple explanation.  Gawd created unique
> >> species everywhere, and those on the mainland mingled and mixed.
> >> When we got to the islands, we found some previously inaccessible species.
> >> A simple uniform distribution of created species answers everything."
> >
> >Hang on a second.  Have you ever actually seen this argument used?
> >If so, where?  If not...be quiet.
> 
> OK, Paul, just what is *your* explanation of this?
> I assume by your irritated reaction to the argument given above that
> you have a different one in mind.
> 
> Isaac Dimitrovsky

No, I don't.  I meant what I said, viz. "what creationist actually
uses this argument?"  No acrimony implied.

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