On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Arash wrote:
> Wrong, I'm not assuming every trait must benefit reproductive fitness, they
> very well could be neutral to it, I am assuming that a trait that has a net
> NEGATIVE EFFECT on reproductive fitness should fade out of the population
> over time.
Then you don't understand the theory of evolution or basic genetics. A good place to start if you're interesting in getting a handle on this stuff: Gould, Structure of evolutionary theory. You'll see why your common sense argument is baseless.
Miles