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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Secret Handshake
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 16:17:09 EST
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>>> You want maybe some sort of useless
>>> half-feather?  Why would something like that be selected for?  Why would
>>> you expect a specie with useless features to survive long enough to leave
>>> any kind of fossil record?
>> 
>> Like the Irish Elk?

> What useless features do you think the Irish Elk had, Paul?  Why do you think
> they were useless?

The antlers.  I think they were useless because of all the effort Gould
goes to, to show they weren't (i.e., that they were adapted)!

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