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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
So if we move some people from Indiana over to a remote region of the Mojave desert, they will "speciate" into monkeys?

No...cauliflowers./sarc

The first step toward speciation is formation of sub-species or races. Humans do not all look alike because over tens of thousands of years different populations--when isolated from each other--begin to accumulate genetic changes that do not happen in other populations. Koreans do not look like Somalians because their ancestors have been separated for tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of years.

If the isolation continues for millions of years, new species could develop...that is the theory that is supported by many facts. But: can we watch a new species be created? No...we don't live that long.

I hope this was helpful.

44 posted on 04/11/2011 6:11:59 AM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: Pharmboy
Koreans do not look like Somalians because their ancestors have been separated for tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of years... If the isolation continues for millions of years, new species could develop

So, in your view, Koreans and Somalians are slowly turning into different species. What is the evidence for this odd assertion?

45 posted on 04/13/2011 12:12:10 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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