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To: donmeaker

Evolving, but how. I believe Darwin’s capabilities are vastly overrated today.


265 posted on 08/03/2013 11:04:56 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Most evolution occurs in times of stress, immediately after changes.

In fat years, everyone survives, and variations can accumulate.

In lean years, selection occurs.

At Pt. Mugu, during WWII a small creek was used as the source of dirt to build the foundation for a runway. The hole created left a tidal estuary. Brackish water enters, and exits, diluted by the fresh water from the creek.

40 species of brine shrimp have evolved there since WWII, each selected for its own range of salinity and current. These species exist nowhere else in the world.

Where a species is fit for its niche, there little pressure for change. Where the environment changes, there is significant pressure for change.

New species are indeed evolving.


274 posted on 08/03/2013 11:48:24 AM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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