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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] But there will be ONE single mutation that finally causes the creation of a new species. You either can reproduce with your distant cousins or you can't. There's no middle ground. Say you have a group of people that can reproduce with each other (and are thus the same species), and are completely isolated. If one of them has a genetic mutation that makes him a new species, then, by definition, he would be unable to reproduce with anyone else in his little village, unless someone else of the opposite sex has the exact same mutation. I'm sure you'll agree that the chances of that happening are infinitesimal. Thus the reproductive mutation (the ONLY one that makes the mutated individual a different species) would die out within a generation. And before anyone brings up two different isolated groups of people having, and thus passing down, different mutations, it wouldn't really make any difference as far as reproductive mutations go. The mutation that makes the individual a new species would still die out, and the two groups would continue to be able to interbreed. I'd visit my local library, but it won't be finished for another six months, at minimum. The closest branch library to my house is 25 minutes away in bad traffic and construction, and I don't think I can convince someone to give me a ride just to go look at a magazine. This new branch that's being built, however, is three blocks from my house, which makes me extremely happy. We do use our library, though. I must have checked out 20 books in the last month (mostly Asimov, with a little Clarke some Bear). Librarian? Cool... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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