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Devon8822
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Posted 09/10/08 - 06:49 PM: Subject: Proof for Evolution	#1
I was thinking and came up with something that I think is pretty solid, so tell me what you think/if I have made any errors. Starting with two definitions of biological evolution that I found. - In biology, evolution is the process of change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next - change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift. So, saying that biological evolution is false would be to deny that this is true (basic genetic rules simplified because I am not a scientist): if two black people create offspring, they will also be black... If two white people create offspring... they will also be white... If a white and a black person create offspring, they will be mixed. If two people with black hair and huge noses create offspring, than they will have red hair and huge noses. So, does this qualify as solid proof? yes or no? Although the statement has not been recorded to ever occurred otherwise, is it solid proof? at least proving the genetic trait aspect of evolution. Mutation and natural selection don't really lend themselves to this "quick" kind of proof, since they occur over long periods of time. Its pretty simply but how can you argue this?

Kwalish Kid
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Posted 09/11/08 - 04:36 AM:	#2
Well, that is one of the lines of evidence for evolution. We observe this kind of trait passing to new generations all the time, and we observe it in detail in the breeding of pets and livestock. There we can use it in surprisingly dramatic ways. Usually we take the "theory of evolution" to include the claim that this process is pretty much all we need to explain biological diversity. So we are saying that there really is no limit to this process of trait passing between generations. Limits, that is, that prevents the creation of wildly different traits being the norm in the same population in different generations that are far enough removed.
"Scientific truth is always paradox, if judged by everyday experience, which catches only the delusive nature of things." - KM, V, P and P "A fishnet is made up of a lot more holes than strings, but you can't therefore argue that the net doesn't exist. Just ask the fish." - Jeffrey Kluger "…Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people." -Ben Stein [This is included for the irony.]

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