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Definitions of evolution (view source)
Revision as of 16:30, September 22, 2013
, 16:30, September 22, 2013the idea that unguided natural selection acting on random variations and mutations is sufficient to explain the appearance of design.
'''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==
==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==
==Common ancestry==
==Mutation and selection==
==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==
==See also==
*[[Intelligent design]] - challenges the third kind of "evolution"
*[[Definition of evolution]] - which is about the modern [[Theory of Evolution]]
*[[Definition of evolution]] - which is about the modern [[Theory of Evolution]]