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===[[Microevolution]] and [[Macroevolution]]===

===[[Microevolution]] and [[Macroevolution]]===

In 1980 the scientists at the Chicago conference were  trying to address the question whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution. Despite the risk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer given was a clear "No".<ref>{{cite web |title=Evolutionary theory under fire: A historic conference in Chicago challenges the four-decade long dominance of the Modern Synthesis|author= |publisher=Science |date=November 21, 1980  

In the 1980 University of Chicago conference entitled "Evolution", scientists were  trying to address the question whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution. Despite the risk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer given was a clear "No".<ref>{{cite web |title=Evolutionary theory under fire: A historic conference in Chicago challenges the four-decade long dominance of the Modern Synthesis|author= |publisher=Science |date=November 21, 1980  

|volume=210 |number=4472 |pages=883–887 |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/210/4472/883.extract |doi= 10.1126/science.610799|quote=The central question of the Chicago conference was whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution. At the risk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer can be given as a clear, No.}}</ref>

|volume=210 |number=4472 |pages=883–887 |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/210/4472/883.extract |doi= 10.1126/science.610799|quote=The central question of the Chicago conference was whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution. At the risk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer can be given as a clear, No.}}</ref>