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Creationists object that this definition is used to demonstrate trivial changes that are then used to claim that the entire development of life definition has been demonstrated.<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3262/ Refuting Evolution 2], by Jonathan Sarfati, chapter 3.</ref>  This definition has also been criticised by [[Ernst Mayr]].<ref>Referred to in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2722/ CMI misunderstands evolution?].</ref>

Creationists object that this definition is used to demonstrate trivial changes that are then used to claim that the entire development of life definition has been demonstrated.<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3262/ Refuting Evolution 2], by Jonathan Sarfati, chapter 3.</ref>  This definition has also been criticised by [[Ernst Mayr]].<ref>Referred to in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2722/ CMI misunderstands evolution?].</ref>

The gene frequency definition is an example of [[microevolution]] (meaning below the level of the species), but not [[macroevolution]](above the level of the species){{fact}}<!-- Is this really the distinction between micro- and macro-?  And is a change of gene frequency really equal to micro-? --> &mdash;a distinction which is important to some anti-evolutionists.

The gene frequency definition is an example of [[microevolution]] (meaning below the level of the species), but not [[macroevolution]](above the level of the species){{fact}}<!-- Is this really the distinction between micro- and macro-?  And is a change of gene frequency really equal to micro-? --> &mdash;a distinction which is important to some anti-evolutionists. Macroevolution can be seen as the multiple instances of microevolution that have added up in a population, producing a new species. This is also known as speciation. Speciation has been observed multiple times in scientific experiments, but this is not proof of evolution. Speciation is the development of a new species from an existing population, whereas evolution is the change in gene frequency in a population over time.

=== Increasing genetic information ===

=== Increasing genetic information ===