[ExI] IQ and beauty

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Oct 19, 2558 BE, at 3:54 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:53 PM, rex <rex at nosyntax.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ​> ​But you have yet to provide a single example of selection driving a species
>> to extinction. Anything less than that is mere hand-waving -- a popular
>> activity in the social "sciences" -- IMO.​ No, the Irish elk is NOT even a quasi-established example,
> 
> ​If extinct species are not a example or even a quasi-example then it is not entirely clear what you do want. Experiments? ​ 

Just a quick question and observation for the moment:

How does one actually _know_ how a given species went extinct? With regard to a species like Irish Elk, it's speculation to say large antlers did them in.

Regards,

Dan
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