(May 9, 2014 at 11:59 am)alpha male Wrote: Do you think that all the varieties of dogs come from mutations, or selective breeding of existing variation potential from ancestral wolves? You're assuming mutation, rather than existing variation potential which expressed due to a change in environment.
Change "within existing variation potential" is still evolution in the fullest meaning of the word. Mutations played a big part in earlier life forms but now its mainly tinkering with the existing genes. Which is why sea going mammals do not have gills.
You aren't arguing against what you think you are.
Quote:The evolutionary changes present in any single organism are bound to be small, which is the point; this is a gradual process that occurs in populations. I also note the clear goalpost moving: if an organism isn't different enough then you say it's the same species, and if it's notably different you just chastise us for "assuming" that it was linked to its predecessor.
Quote:It's not my fault that evolution lacks clear definitions for basic terms like species.
Type species into google and you get.
Species:
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
Why is this not clear?
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