[manwiththehands]

Choosing a mate because she has a pretty face is natural SELECTION, NOT "evolution".

...and the difference would be...?

Back to biology class with you.

Uh, right. Back to biology (and theology) class for YOU my FRiend. "Selection" dictates everything from good looking and intelligent kids coming from good looking and intelligent parents to cat breeding. "Evolution" dictates a "new and improved" SPECIES from a random mutation that is NOT ONLY beneficial to the new species but self-replicating to future generations. The difference between natural or artificial "selection" and "evolution" is enormous.

[Mamzelle]

re: SPECIES from a random mutation that is NOT ONLY beneficial to the new species but self-replicating to future generations. )))

This is what I was taught, and what I believed was the plain definition of evolution. Now I discover that there's something about defining evolution--period--which is deeply upsetting to the evos.

Interesting.

[mikegi]

Uh, right. Back to biology (and theology) class for YOU my FRiend. "Selection" dictates everything from good looking and intelligent kids coming from good looking and intelligent parents to cat breeding. "Evolution" dictates a "new and improved" SPECIES from a random mutation that is NOT ONLY beneficial to the new species but self-replicating to future generations. The difference between natural or artificial "selection" and "evolution" is enormous.

Are you denying that there are mutations in the genetic code during reproduction?