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'''Microevolution''', broadly defined, is the inevitable small-scale changes in [[allele]] frequencies in a population within the same species.  Under this broad definition, this change in overall allele frequencies occurs with every birth or death of a member of the species.  In other words, some generations of people might be taller than the last or shorter than the last based on the number of individuals who happen to have the "tall" gene. Microevolution does not involve changing from one [[kind]] to another, and it does not create new kinds.

'''Microevolution''', broadly defined, is the inevitable small-scale changes in [[allele]] frequencies in a population within the same species.  Under this broad definition, this change in overall allele frequencies occurs with every birth or death of a member of the species.  In other words, some generations of people might be taller than the last or shorter than the last based on the number of individuals who happen to have the "tall" gene. Microevolution does not involve changing from one [[kind]] to another, and it does not create new kinds.

[[Image:Evolution.jpg|alt=evolution darwin theory|right|thumb|200px|Late in [[Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin's]] life, Darwin told the Duke of Argyll that he frequently had overwhelming thoughts that the natural world was the [[Intelligent design|result of design]].<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleological-arguments/notes.html</ref>  See also: [https://creation.com/15-questions 15 questions for evolutionists] ]]  

[[Image:Evolution.jpg|alt=evolution darwin theory|right|thumb|200px|Late in [[Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin's]] life, Darwin told the Duke of Argyll that he frequently had overwhelming thoughts that the natural world was the [[Intelligent design|result of design]].<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleological-arguments/notes.html</ref>  See also: [https://creation.com/15-questions 15 questions for evolutionists] ]]  

Many evolutionists, although not all, claim that the distinction between microevolution and [[macroevolution]] is arbitrary because they indicate that microevolution leads to macroevolutionary changes.  In other words, as microevolutionary changes accumulate it leads to macroevolution. However, there have been prominent evolutionists who dispute this matter and argue that the mechanisms underlying microevolution cannot be [[Extrapolation|extrapolated]] to support the general theory of evolution (macroevolution).<ref>http://www.creationworldview.org/articles_view.asp?id=116</ref><ref>http://bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca/Evolution_by_Accident/Macroevolution.html</ref> [[Creationism|Creationists]] argue that microevolution/adaptation/variation within a [[Baraminology|kind of animal]] occurs, but macroevolution does not occur.  

Many evolutionists, although not all, claim that the distinction between microevolution and [[macroevolution]] is arbitrary because they indicate that microevolution leads to macroevolutionary changes.  In other words, as microevolutionary changes accumulate it leads to macroevolution. However, there have been prominent evolutionists who dispute this matter and argue that the mechanisms underlying microevolution cannot be [[Extrapolation|extrapolated]] to support the general theory of evolution (macroevolution).<ref>http://www.creationworldview.org/articles_view.asp?id=116</ref><ref>http://bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca/Evolution_by_Accident/Macroevolution.html</ref>  

 

[[Microevolution]] and natural selection are accepted to occur by all [[Creationism|Creationists]],<ref name="nat">Numbers RL. Ironic Heresy: How Young-Earth Creationists Came to Embrace Rapid Microevolution by Means of Natural Selection. In: Lustig A, Richards RJ, Ruse M, eds. Darwinian Heresies. Cambridge University Press; 2004:84-100.</ref> but [[macroevolution]] and the limits of natural selection is what is usually disputed.<ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/evolution/?srsltid=AfmBOopLgbKLuo1T0WUtyPAE_oC6BsxXISw-TLyKw37AXTXDbMH77y-v Evolution - Answers in Genesis]</ref><ref name="nat" />

The website Darwinism Refuted points out that finch beak microevolution, which [[Charles Darwin]] wrongly speculated leads to macroevolution, actually helps show that birds remain birds.<ref>[http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_species_02.html Darwinism Refuted]</ref>

The website Darwinism Refuted points out that finch beak microevolution, which [[Charles Darwin]] wrongly speculated leads to macroevolution, actually helps show that birds remain birds.<ref>[http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_species_02.html Darwinism Refuted]</ref>