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To: Dimensio

Please show evidence for any complex adaptation being generated _specifically_ through random mutation + natural selection.

Most of the past 150 years of biology has only done neo-Darwinian speculation. The hard science has generally dealt with other forms of change.


108 posted on 11/12/2005 6:43:18 PM PST by johnnyb_61820
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To: johnnyb_61820

Define "complex adaptation." How do we distinguish a sufficently complex adaptation from a non-complex one for the purposes of your criteria?

Secondly, what qualifies as a random mutation? Does retrovirus infection count? UV damage? Changes in ploidy? Or only errors in replication? Normal sexual recombination is random to a certain extent. Does that not qualify? Why not?


132 posted on 11/13/2005 4:33:15 PM PST by staterightsfirst
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