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:Whenever we discuss evolution, we need to cut through the mental fog and specify which [[aspects of evolution]] we're talking about. Most evolution opponents grant that a species can develop new characteristics in the wild (see [[microevolution]]). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:26, 21 February 2009 (EST) | :Whenever we discuss evolution, we need to cut through the mental fog and specify which [[aspects of evolution]] we're talking about. Most evolution opponents grant that a species can develop new characteristics in the wild (see [[microevolution]]). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:26, 21 February 2009 (EST) | ||
| − | :Perhaps it was just a contemporary witnessing of adaptation - an ability it's designer gave it to deal with differing environmental contexts. --[[User:Qwestor|Qwestor]] <sup>[[User talk:Qwestor|Talk]]</sup> 11:39, 21 February 2009 (EST) | + | :Perhaps it was just a contemporary witnessing of [[adaptation]] - an ability it's designer gave it to deal with differing environmental contexts. --[[User:Qwestor|Qwestor]] <sup>[[User talk:Qwestor|Talk]]</sup> 11:39, 21 February 2009 (EST) |
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Witnessing Evolution
Wasn't the whole point of the Lenski Experiment that it provided conclusive evidence of bacteria evolving a useful trait over thousands of generations, and the specimens that inherited the trait thrived compared to those that did not? That would be a contemporary witnessing of evolution, I'd think. --DinsdaleP 10:16, 21 February 2009 (EST)
- By evolution, I mean the theory of evolution through natural selection, which posits that significant new species have come into being without intelligent intervention.
- Whenever we discuss evolution, we need to cut through the mental fog and specify which aspects of evolution we're talking about. Most evolution opponents grant that a species can develop new characteristics in the wild (see microevolution). --Ed Poor Talk 10:26, 21 February 2009 (EST)
- Perhaps it was just a contemporary witnessing of adaptation - an ability it's designer gave it to deal with differing environmental contexts. --Qwestor Talk 11:39, 21 February 2009 (EST)