Re: CPs resulting from nuclear war

Carl Gustafson (Carl.Gustafson@cbis.ECE.Drexel.EDU)
Mon, 18 Mar 1996 07:26:25 -0500

>I have a possible hypothesis for CP evolution. Suppose, as some noted
>scientists do, that humankind has reached a high level of civilization many
>times only to be destroyed by nuclear war. Suppose then, that the earth was

[Snip!]

>After Hiroshima, many local plants came back as bizarre mutations. This
>would explain VFTs and their cousins. If you look at VFTs, they remind you
>a lot of dandelions. Is it possible that VFTs actually evolved from a
>dandelion type of plant cousin?

I think you are about two weeks early...