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Can evolution be taken seriously?
The overwhelming majority of people and the bulk of scientist support the view that
the theory of evolution is a scientific fact.
What is evolution?
Evolution or the theory of evolution is the idea that living cells change from one
form to another, from a simple state of being to a complex state of being through a
process known as natural selection and gene mutation. Natural selection is used for the
breeding of dogs using a selection of existing dogs and their genetic code to produce a
new breed of dog. This happens slowly over generations to achieve the perfect dog for a
particular purpose. For example, a greyhound dog a sheep dog or a St. Bernard. The same
natural selection processes can be used on horses, in fact all animals as well as plants.
So what are the problems with the theory of evolution that are not being made known to the public?
First things first, evolution is indeed a fact! However, there are many kinds of
evolution. For the purpose of this talk I'll discuss two types. There is micro evolution and then there is a similar sounding macro evolution.
One is a fact and the other has never been conclusively proven.
What is micro evolution?
Well, micro is small, like looking through a microscope at tiny insects for example. So,
evolution as we discussed earlier is a change or a series of changes using natural selection
methods. These are small changes within the animal kind. The key thing to realise here is that
a dog remains a dog despite all the changes through the generations. It never becomes a horse
for example and a horse never becomes a dog. Another key point to remember is that the animal
that goes through the process of natural selection suffers from genetic loss, that is the wolf
can eventually over generations and with a selection process become a greyhound, but the
greyhound cannot become a wolf because of genetic loss.
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