Eric Zurcher escreveu:

6) I'm intrigued by the notion of a "Progressive Revelation model" (footnote 5). It sounds terribly theological - or perhaps that's Thiele-logical? (my apologies to Kevin, but I really can't resist bad puns).

I was also curious about this notion. Maybe it is one of the latest "revelations" of Religious Cladism - its practitioners are fond of such theological terminology. Otherwise, I essentially agree with all the points raised by Eric Z. I was about to suggest that a graphic model, perhaps using the UML methodology, was in order, but Jean-Marc Vanel has already taken care of that. His model is interesting, and deserves attention. Cheers, -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - Mauro J. Cavalcanti - - - - - - - - - - - - + | Setor de Paleovertebrados, Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia | | Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro | | Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRASIL | | E-mail: maurobio@acd.ufrj.br | | Home Page: http://read.at/digitax/personal.html | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + "Life is complex. It consists of real and imaginary parts."