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Sufficient cause

sufficient cause

An aetiological factor that guarantees that a result in question will occur; non-occurrence of the result is proof that the factor is not operating.


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Buller and the origin of promiscuity among modern humans

... ? My short answer would be that all three cases are possible, and there is no way to tell which one is true, for six millions of years are largely sufficient to explain any kind of behavioural shift among the three species, whatever the starting point might have been. I think a similar type of ...

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by gruesomehound
Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:30 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Buller and the origin of promiscuity among modern humans
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Re: Question About Common Descent

... in this case would be that the probability of the chance collection of atoms required to lead to the basic building block chemicals should be sufficient to expect those chemical reactions to have arisen at more than just one spot on the planet. I haven't found any clarification on this point ...

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by GaryGaulin
Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:19 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Question About Common Descent
Replies: 5
Views: 77

Re: Question About Common Descent

... in this case would be that the probability of the chance collection of atoms required to lead to the basic building block chemicals should be sufficient to expect those chemical reactions to have arisen at more than just one spot on the planet. I haven't found any clarification on this point ...

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by robsabba
Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:10 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Question About Common Descent
Replies: 5
Views: 77

Question About Common Descent

... in this case would be that the probability of the chance collection of atoms required to lead to the basic building block chemicals should be sufficient to expect those chemical reactions to have arisen at more than just one spot on the planet. I haven't found any clarification on this point ...

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by bobc2
Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:46 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Question About Common Descent
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Views: 77

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... causes enough change in genotype or phenotype that they branch off from the lineage they once were to become a new "subspecies" and with sufficient change become a new "species". In farming there are "breeds" of cows which are still able to interbreed with each other ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:51 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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