Stability of Species in Geologic Time
Author(s) -
Steven M. Stanley
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.192.4236.267
Subject(s) - stability (learning theory) , geologic time scale , geology , environmental science , earth science , paleontology , computer science , sedimentary rock , machine learning
adaptive behavior" as do associative procedures, they say; in both cases "the propensity of the animal to adapt by rejecting a novel or distinctive fluid is revealed" (18, pp. 18-19). As to mechanisms of associative predisposition, speculation seems to me to be premature. It might be wiser to wait until we have evidence that there is such a thing-evidence which the literature of flavor aversion, however voluminous, fails to provide. M. E. BITTERMAN Laboratorv of Sensor' Sciences, University of Hawaii, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu 96822
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