Daniel Smith
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| Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 01 2007,05:14) | | Quote (Daniel Smith @ Sep. 30 2007,18:58) | | Well, since it was "the wild" and not "an ecosystem" that I originally specified, perhaps you will now explain to me how the city fits my definition of "the wild"? |
Well, you haven't defined "the wild" with sufficient rigor other than to imply that an urban environment isn't it because it is an environment where natural selection ceases to operate. Indeed, "the wild" isn't even a scientific term. That is why I am asking you to define what an eco-system is and then explain why an urban environment, as experienced by feral animals, is not such a thing. |
I didn't think I had to define "the wild" when I made my statement. I think most people here understood what I meant.
Lets just say "the wild" is what exists outside cities, towns, or anywhere else man dwells. That was what the ecosystem was like before man arrived on the scene and throughout the majority of natural selection's functional influence.
| Quote | | EDIT: corrected a very badly written sentence. |
BTW, How do you edit posts here?
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