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Nearly half of Americans reject the common ancestry of life predicted by the [[theory of evolution]] (in which divergant evolution is thought to play a role), on Biblical grounds. Other Americans would be willing to believe the theory, if any proof were shown to them{fact}.  

Nearly half of Americans reject the common ancestry of life predicted by the [[theory of evolution]] (in which divergant evolution is thought to play a role), on Biblical grounds. Other Americans would be willing to believe the theory, if any proof were shown to them{fact}.  

A recent article in ''Nature'' supposedly has demostrated the existence of this mechanism in a labratory setting.<ref>Yoshikuni Y, Ferrin TE, Keasling JD. Designed divergent evolution of enzyme function. Nature. 2006 Feb 22</ref>

A recent article in ''Nature'' supposedly has demostrated the existence of this mechanism in a labratory setting.<ref>Yoshikuni Y, Ferrin TE, Keasling JD. Designed divergent evolution of enzyme function. Nature. 2006 Feb 22</ref>, as well as an article in Proceedings Biological Sciences <ref>Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(1524): 1645–1650. Divergent evolution during an experimental adaptive radiation.</ref>. Based on a review of bacterial genetics, biologists appear to be of the understanding that they have been studying divergant evolution for decades <ref>Evolution experiments with microorganisms:The dynamics and genetic bases of adaptation. Nature reviews genetics Vol. 4 2003  p457-479</ref>, with the first recorded instance being in the 19th century <ref>W. Dallinger (1878) On the life-history of a minute septic organism: with an account of experiments made to determine its thermal death point. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 27, 332-350.</ref>

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