tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post3400924569994929896..comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Comments on Catalogue of Organisms: A Halfway House, Halfway Down Honshu IslandChristopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-76464966163294642382010-11-23T13:32:48.184+08:002010-11-23T13:32:48.184+08:00Of course, the "especially an insect" do...Of course, the "especially an insect" doesn't really apply here. The development time of seven or eight years means that these animals have a generation time noticeably longer than most vertebrates.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-28705109981418423352010-11-23T06:31:41.341+08:002010-11-23T06:31:41.341+08:00I experience a certain sense of awe at the thought...I experience a certain sense of awe at the thought of a lineage, esp. an insect lineage, dating to the Triassic being represented by just two widely separated species. Presumably we're seeing the last stragglers of an ongoing extinction, or a very narrow bottleneck.Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.com