Exec editor of science dept. (Ed)=? Logenbell
Columbia U Press
Dear Editor:
I have an essay about the origin of flight in Birds, Insects and mammals.
First, the text presents a critique of the accepted theories of flight
and then offers another which circumvents the problems enumerated
and then offers a development that requires the emergence of no new
structures and functions, but rather evolves the new function from
a rearrangement of existing ones.
This book is written in a style and at a level that the educated reader
can follow, but it is my purpose to acquaint the professionals in
the field with my thoughts on evolution. In fact, I am not sure what
your practice is, but I would also like the eventual publisher of
this material to consult the opinion of some authority in evolution
and biology before even making the decision to publish the material.
1. The accepted theories of flight origin for these classes(?) is
based on assumption that are not carefully thought out. I can show
this, and will.
2. In my theory I take into consideration the following:
1. Take the present functional structure back to its more or most
primitive stage imaginable and ask what possible role it could
perform? Search until a convincing one is found. (oxypragmatism)
2. Find additional support for the theory by finding
a. That such theoretical function still exists today in some recognizable
3. Describe a convincing path for the evolution of the earliest
function to the present function in
a. physiology
b. behavior
3. In fact, proceeding through the above method provides a theoretical
original structure and function that meets the following requirements:
a. The emerging structure is immediately applicable to some use
(which I call oxydynamic)
b. The original structure was immediately or subsequently, resulting
from the additional evolution of the first function, becomes applicable
to another function. (This can be called polydynamic
4. In my experience critically examining and answering the above
questions provides a method for describing the likely evolution of
many things in certain details of evolutionary biology and behavior.
For example: the primal source(s) of mammalian hair, of human speech,
of spider's silk, of flight in fish,
give insect material here = file INSCTFL.SAM