(January 3, 2014 at 5:30 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote:(January 3, 2014 at 5:23 pm)paintpooper Wrote: I have read plenty of Richard Dawkins, used to be a huge fan of his, until I found of the truth about him.
So lets break it down. Lets say a Dog has a mutation that is beneficial, lets say a thumb, so now the creature can grasp thing, now this dog has to mate with many other dogs and hopefully that mutation will pass on all his offspring. Now if that trait has to continue wouldn't there be massive amount of incest as it is only his offspring with that genetic trait? So each new "species" is a product of lots and lots of incest?
What truth about him? He's a big deal evolutionary biologist.
Sorry, I'm not interested in teaching you evolution on a forum. Read other books then. And that's obviously not how inheritance work. You pass on your genes whether or not you marry within your family. Obviously.
I have read the Origin of the Species as well.
I understand that you don't have to marry to pass on genes. What I'm saying is the creature with the genetic mutation would be the biological father/mother of all the offspring who would inherit the trait. So if the trait was to propagate it would have to be through incest, as in half brothers and half sisters.
