Re[2]: [tied] Middle English Plurals

At 8:43:50 PM on Wednesday, January 7, 2004, alexandru_mg3
wrote:

> What I wanted to say is that the "model of wing" was
> "fully coded" in the genes before the "first wing"
> appeared on Earth, so the 'idea of wing', pre-existed its
> first apparition

No.

[...]

> If not, How we could be able to group (or not to group)
> samples, without having/knowing FIRST the criteria that we
> have to use for this grouping.

This is marginally on-topic, I suppose, since the same
question can be asked about any kind of classification. The
answer is obvious: the classification of samples and
development of criteria proceed simultaneously, each
influencing the other.

Brian