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difference between Micro and macro evolution
May 9, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I know one its needed for the other but what is the specify difference /similarities between the two?
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RE: difference between Micro and macro evolution
May 9, 2012 at 12:13 pm
so which come first and at what level. so one being individual and one being the species or something like that.
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RE: difference between Micro and macro evolution
May 9, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Huh?
Oh, the egg. The egg came first.
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RE: difference between Micro and macro evolution
May 9, 2012 at 12:20 pm
So called macro evolution is nothing more than the accumulation of small incremental changes over long periods of time.
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RE: difference between Micro and macro evolution
May 9, 2012 at 12:25 pm
so basicly its all the same thing but on different time scale?
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RE: difference between Micro and macro evolution
May 9, 2012 at 12:29 pm
that makes sense, thanks
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RE: difference between Micro and macro evolution
May 9, 2012 at 12:49 pm
(May 9, 2012 at 12:48 pm)Chuck Wrote: (May 9, 2012 at 12:10 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: I know one its needed for the other but what is the specify difference /similarities between the two?
Think of speciation as the permanent separation of two previously related individuals that have grown to be incompatible. Macro evolution is when you and your wife divorce. Micro evolution is when you and your wife argue.
nice analogy, make alot of sense now
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Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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