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Is evolution still possible on a large scale?

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Is evolution still possible on a large scale?
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RE: Is evolution still possible on a large scale?
October 1, 2010 at 11:34 am
(October 1, 2010 at 11:20 am)Chuck Wrote: No, not any more than the fact that Americans have become fatter over the last 100 years represent any sort of evolutionary change. Evolutionary change has to be genetic and heritable, not just a biological reflex to environmental changes such as diet and nutrition that would go away if the change is reversed.

But we know there are genes that control height. Sure, height has environmental factors, but so does surviving to reproduce in the first place.

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Is evolution still possible on a large scale?

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Is evolution still possible on a large scale? - by Kirker - September 30, 2010 at 5:50 pm
RE: Is evolution still possible on a large scale? - by Jaysyn - October 1, 2010 at 11:34 am
RE: Is evolution still possible on a large scale? - by IceSage - September 30, 2010 at 11:01 pm
RE: Is evolution still possible on a large scale? - by Kirker - September 30, 2010 at 11:49 pm

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