Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adolescent species

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Adolescent species
Dicdef and apparent neologism. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 03:56, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find a single publication in the web of science or pubmed that uses the phrase, delete--nixie 06:32, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree, apparent neologism. delete. Kappa 09:23, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism. This article is just an excuse to pass judgement on the human species. DaveTheRed 05:02, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is definitely not an ecological or evolutionary term as its virtually meaningless in those fields.  I can't envision anyone using this term for a population during an initial period of exponential growth just after a crash or after a sudden increase in carrying capacity (as is the case in humans).  I checked google to see if it might be a legitimate term in pseudoscientific communities, but everything I found was about how humans still had developing ahead in terms of knowledge and technology.  Nothing like what is used in the article.  --Aranae 08:40, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, neologism - David Gerard 11:05, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is not a recognized term in evolutionary biology. I had thought from the title that it might be a mangled explanation of neoteny, but it isn't even that. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:09, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 'Delete, agree with DaveTheRed Bonus Onus 19:59, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

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