There is also this link:
http://skepdic.com/refuge/altscience.html
PS
Baron:
So, have you googled it lately?
And do you have a link to a good anti-PE page on it?
The supershort SJ summary:
When you have huge herds intermingling, they all get shoved back to the average due to the effects of sexual reproduction and gene mixing, and there is a lot of stability.
When some Groups get cut off from the mainstream, they have a chance to become specialized from the main pop. Living in a unique environment, having a relatively small population (less averaging out of mutations, inbreeding, etc), being a group of relative freaks getting kicked out, and anything else you find to throw in.
Then if they get reconnected to the main swath of territory and happen to have an advantage, they take over in a few thousand years. Bam! If they don't, too bad, another group will get a shot later on; we have many millions of years and acres to work with.
Reminds me of the recent trend towards mixed "races" of people (and the generation of the Groups in the first place), and the whole killer bees thing. Also of the world wars (uberrace & all), but that's more politics and technology than just biology.
[ March 16, 2003, 05:07: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]