[Taxacom] Endgame...

[Fabian Haas]

that would be new to me, never heard of that in the context of the 
Convention of Biological Diversity. no idea who brought it up.

And are we comforted that our parents die, because we can produce new 
children???

cheers a puzzled
Fabian




Bob Mesibov 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."
>
> Hoped by whom? Anyone seen a published paper on this? Surely this doesn't mean *total* species number constant, independent of classification, habitat, etc.? 
>   

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