Re: Birds on evolutionary scale

To:	"Nigel Sterpin" <>
Subject:	Re: Birds on evolutionary scale
From:	Hugo Phillipps <>
Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:08:47

Nigel -

At 20:53 16/11/1998 +1100, you wrote:
>Why are Magpies, Ravens, Currawongs and Crows considered to be the most
>developed on an evolutionary scale?

What evolutionary scale?  Would someone like to define one?  Is the concept
any more than a teleological hangover?

Cheers,  Hugo.

Hugo Phillipps,
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