[Taxacom] An improved definition of cladogenesis

[Kenneth Kinman]

Hi Curtis,
       Well maybe I am communicating poorly, and/or maybe you are
interpreting my ideas too strictly.  Either way, we seem to be just
talking past one another.        
        I was actually talking about the extinction of intermediate
populations, not intermediate individuals.  ALL individuals died
eventually.  The problem actually arises when too many individuals in a
population die before they can reproduce (which can eventually lead to
the extinction of the population).  So my brush isn't as broad as you
perceived it to be.  :-)
         --------Ken
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Curtis Clark wrote:
      That's a rather broad brush to paint "extinction" with. I'd be
more inclined to say that the intermediate individuals just died, rather
than becoming (individually) extinct. ("Nobody kill her; she just die.")