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Ed Poor: "Evolution" can refer to anything from trivial changes within a preexisting gene pool to the creation of entirely forms as the result of natural selection acting on random mutations

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"Evolution" can refer to anything from trivial changes within a preexisting gene pool to the creation of entirely forms as the result of natural selection acting on random mutations

Ed Poor: the idea that unguided natural selection acting on random variations and mutations is sufficient to explain the appearance of design.

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the idea that unguided natural selection acting on random variations and mutations is sufficient to explain the appearance of design.

Ed Poor: must define terms first of all

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must define terms first of all

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 '''Definitions of evolution''' include (a) "change over time", (b) [[common ancestry]], and (c) the idea that unguided [[natural selection]] acting on random variations and mutations is sufficient to explain the appearance of design.
-*"Evolution" can refer to anything from trivial cyclical change within the limits of a preexisting gene pool to the creation of entirely novel genetic information and structure as the result of natural selection acting on random mutations.<ref>(prologue, p. x) [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062071475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=anncoulter-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0062071475&adid=1QSNY85R152GT1QTA6NH&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anncoulter.com%2F Darwin's Doubt], [[Stephen Meyer]]</ref>
+*"Evolution" can refer to anything from trivial cyclical change within the limits of a preexisting gene pool to the creation of entirely novel genetic information and structure as the result of natural selection acting on random mutations.<ref>(prologue, p. x) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062071475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=anncoulter-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0062071475&adid=1QSNY85R152GT1QTA6NH&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anncoulter.com%2F Darwin's Doubt], [[Stephen Meyer]]</ref>
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 '''Definitions of evolution''' include (a) "change over time", (b) [[common ancestry]], and (c) the idea that unguided [[natural selection]] acting on random variations and mutations is sufficient to explain the appearance of design.
-*"Evolution" can refer to anything from trivial cyclical change within the limits of a preexisting gene pool to the creation of entirely novel genetic information and structure as the result of natural selection acting on random mutations.<ref> (prologue, p. x) [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062071475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=anncoulter-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0062071475&adid=1QSNY85R152GT1QTA6NH&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anncoulter.com%2F Darwin's Doubt], [[Stephen Meyer]]</ref>
+*"Evolution" can refer to anything from trivial cyclical change within the limits of a preexisting gene pool to the creation of entirely novel genetic information and structure as the result of natural selection acting on random mutations.<ref>(prologue, p. x) [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062071475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=anncoulter-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0062071475&adid=1QSNY85R152GT1QTA6NH&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anncoulter.com%2F Darwin's Doubt], [[Stephen Meyer]]</ref>
 ==Change over time==

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 ==See also==
 *[[Intelligent design]] - challenges the third kind of "evolution"
 *[[Definition of evolution]] - which is about the modern [[Theory of Evolution]]

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 '''Definitions of evolution''' include (a) "change over time", (b) [[common ancestry]], and (c) the idea that unguided [[natural selection]] acting on random variations and mutations is sufficient to explain the appearance of design.
 ==Change over time==
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 [[Richard Dawkins]] said that biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose. "We have design without a designer".
 ==See also==

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-'''Definitions of evolution''' include (a) "change over time", (b) [[common ancestry]], and (c) [[natural selection]] acting on random mutation.
+'''Definitions of evolution''' include (a) "change over time", (b) [[common ancestry]], and (c) the idea that unguided [[natural selection]] acting on random variations and mutations is sufficient to explain the appearance of design.
 ==Change over time==
-The idea that life now is different from what it was a long time ago is not in dispute (see [[Cambrian Explosion]]).
+The idea that life now is different from what it was a long time ago is not in dispute (see [[Cambrian explosion]]).
 ==Common ancestry==
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 ==Mutation and selection==
-[[Richard Dawkins]] said that biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been created for a purpose.
+[[Richard Dawkins]] said that biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose. "We have design without a designer".
 ==See also==
 *[[Definition of evolution]] - which is about the modern [[Theory of Evolution]]

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		+	==Change over time==
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		+	The idea that life now is different from what it was a long time ago is not in dispute (see [[Cambrian Explosion]]).
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		+	==Common ancestry==
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		+	The idea that all forms of life on the Earth today all derived from the same ancestors is accepted both by mainstream biologists and by proponents of [[Intelligent Design]].
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		+	==Mutation and selection==
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		+	[[Richard Dawkins]] said that biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been created for a purpose.
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		+	==See also==
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		+	*[[Definition of evolution]] - which is about the modern [[Theory of Evolution]]

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