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To: ClearCase_guy
What exactly is macro-evolution, and how does it differ from micro-evolution?
107 posted on 09/19/2005 9:39:33 AM PDT by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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To: b_sharp
What exactly is macro-evolution, and how does it differ from micro-evolution?

Let me clarify, and please allow me to step away from "macro" and "micro" since those terms may have baggage.

In a lot of discussions about ToE, someone will bring up an experiment in which a population of fruit flies was created to all have a specific trait. The starting population did not have that trait, but the current population certainly does. Voila! Evolution confirmed in the lab!

I was merely trying to point out that a new specicies is not described in the above paragraph. The Origin of Species is not of great interest if it discusses red hair or blue eyes (allele variation within a population, I believe is the term).

The real meat of ToE is when one species gives rise to a new species which can no longer interbreed with the original species. Ring species are of interest here.

But to reiterate the point I was trying to make. In a lab, a chemist can absolutely substantiate Avogadro's law. As often as you like. But a biologist cannot great a new species, and thereby substantiate ToE in a controlled laboratory setting.

Substantiating ToE cannot be done in the same way as the laws of physics of chemistry can be substantiated.

118 posted on 09/19/2005 9:57:48 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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