[Taxacom] Endgame...

[Peter Rauch]

Odd. I was under the impression that there is just one species too many on Earth ?

Peter

At 19:43 10/03/07, you wrote:
>Not much new there, but this is curious:
>
>"However until recently it has been hoped that the rate at which new species were evolving could keep pace with the loss of diversity of life."
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>Hoped by whom? Anyone seen a published paper on this? Surely this doesn't mean *total* species number constant, independent of classification, habitat, etc.? 
>-- 
>Dr Robert Mesibov
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