(May 9, 2014 at 12:27 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Change "within existing variation potential" is still evolution in the fullest meaning of the word.I'm not rejecting all meanings of "evolution."
Quote:Type species into google and you get.I googled it and got this at wikipedia:
Species:
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
Why is this not clear?
Quote:In biology, a species (plural: species) is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, the difficulty of defining species is known as the species problem. Differing measures are often used, such as similarity of DNA, morphology, or ecological niche. Presence of specific locally adapted traits may further subdivide species into "infraspecific taxa" such as subspecies (and in botany other taxa are used, such as varieties, subvarieties, and formae).So, no, it's not that clear. plus note that the BSC is useless for paleontology and bacteria. In fact, wiki has a page on species problem.