[Brookhaven]

diversity in domestic dogs has originated through selective breeding

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OK, when did selective breeding become the same as evolution?

[The KG9 Kid]

"... OK, when did selective breeding become the same as evolution?

At the risk of invoking Godwin's Law, I'll answer you with "1933":

[Wonder Warthog]

"OK, when did selective breeding become the same as evolution? "

Always. The only difference is the agency doing the selection. The key facet of evolutionary theory is isolated populations facing different environmental challenges. The only difference here is that the "isolation" and selection "vector" are imposed by humans rather than Mother Nature.

[El Gato]

OK, when did selective breeding become the same as evolution?

The difference is how the selection is done. If the fittest survive to breed, whatever fittest might mean at any given time and place, then it's evolution. If the ”less desirable” are culled or sterilized, while the “more desirable”; are allowed and encouraged to breed, it's selective breeding.

If the less fit and undesirable are allowed, encouraged, and subsidized to breed, it's liberalism.

[EnderWiggins]

OK, when did selective breeding become the same as evolution?

Natural selection is selective breeding.