(August 22, 2016 at 2:20 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(August 22, 2016 at 1:17 pm)SteveII Wrote: There are three ways the word 'evolution' is used when talking about biology:
1. Evolution (defined as "decent with modification")
2. Evolution (defined as "the mechanism that accounts for evolutionary change")
3. Evolution (defined as "reconstructing evolutionary history")
A citation would be useful. A 'descent' one.
. I read that Francisco Ayala referred to these. However, I have had these written in my notes for some time because it is a useful thing to cut and paste from time to time.