Creationism and Ignorance

[FatAndFaithless]

Anom, what definition would you use if someone asked you to define evolution?  Without spending paragraphs outlining every specific, "changes in allele frequency over time" is a pretty darn good starting point.  And changes in allele frequency + time = speciation.  if that were the definition that was popularized, I think we'd be in a hell of a lot better position than half the country thinking evolution means "your granddad was a monkey" or some shit like that.  "Changes in allele frequency over time" isn't incorrect, and it's not misleading.

I think some mention of how natural selection works to bring in the feedback which actually enable future generations of organisms to better fit their environments over time would be nice.

So, changes in allele frequency over time as driven by natural selection?  Phenotypic differences and heritable traits are driven by alleles. I'm still just waiting for someone to actually propose a different definition - I'd be happy to use it if it was concise and accurate and better than the one I mentioned.