Kansas dumps Darwin AND conceptual issues

[Doug Yanega]

>There must be similar examples in sciences such
>as natural history and archaeology.

Darwin himself gave a nice example of this, in predicting the existence of
a sphinx moth with a 12-inch tongue that would pollinate the Christmas
Island Orchid (IIRC). The name of the moth escapes me at the moment.
Similar predictions based on natural history are actually quite easy to
make, and it's a good thing, too. Want to find the plant/animal host of an
organism? Start by considering what it's nearest relative uses as a host,
and you'll rarely go wrong. That qualifies as being prediction based on
evolutionary theory.

Peace,


Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
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