Re: Rise of the Machines
Iain wrote:
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> Okay? Any given organism has different descendents and ancestors. That
> is the whole of evolution.
That is variation. It is natural selection that makes evolution what it
is. Natural selection is like a coin-sorting machine. Except that it
throws away the pennies and the slugs.
Bob Kolker
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Relevant Pages
- Re: "Random evolution"
... environmental conditions to produce an organism somehow fitter than its ... Evolution is a random process, ... Natural selection works as a filter for random genetic variation. ...
(talk.origins) - Re: guppies, finches, and moths
... It's still evolution. ... just natural variation, which can't be avoided as long as mutation ... moths, finches, and guppies to argue that natural selection (at the macro ... We already know that speciation happens from a raft of evidence. ...
(talk.origins) - Re: Intelligent Design?
... Biological evolution has three basic ... Natural selection from that variation. ... while a short legged group moved into the dense forest, ...
(talk.origins) - Re: When did creationists adopt adaptation?
... evolution) nothing new needed to be created to do it. ... The term "species" is very subjective - often entailing no more than ... can be explained by Mendelian variation alone. ... recombination, combined with natural selection, can create a huge ...
(talk.origins) - Re: Why Ray Martinez Should Accept MicroEvolution
... veracity of material causation also known as Materialism. ... nor have I ever denied variation to exist. ... is always due to natural selection, and you've claimed that it's caused by ... as evolution can occur in the absence of selection. ...
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