[Taxacom] Evolutionary misconceptions (mother-daughter pairs)

[Curtis Clark]

On 3/14/2010 3:02 AM, Hubert Turner wrote:
> I would say that the pregnant female is born as (and always will be) part of
> the 'ancestral' species: she is not part of a new species because she
> actually produces progeny with a member of the 'ancestral' one. Her
> children, though, are isolated from the 'ancestral' species by lineage
> splitting, and are the first elements of the 'new' species.

Point taken; my mistake. I agree.

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