----- Original Message ----- From: "Trent Shipley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Evolution Question
> I've had the same thing brought up. > > The quasi-creationist admitted that: > > 1) Evolution occurs, because descent with modification through natural > selection has been observed, especially in microbes. > > 2) Despite the abundant evidence of modification, no speciation through > natural selection has been observed. > > 3) Therefore, the idea that evolution drives speciation is, at best, a theory. > > As near as I can tell he's @#$% right. > Bull,<G>, The way that is stated depends on sudden speciation, when in fact speciation is a very gradual process that could be observed only onder long term scales. There hasnt been enough time since evolution was first postulated to have observed an example of speciation. xponent No Punctuation Maru rob
