Quoting Horse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Platt > > More from Wikipedia: > > "Evolution is change in populations of organisms over generations. > Offspring differ from their parents in various ways. When these > differences are helpful, the offspring have a greater chance of > surviving and reproducing, making the differences more common in the > next generation. In this way, differences can accumulate over time, > leading to major changes in a population. > Evolution occurs through changes in genes, the "recipe" for constructing > the organism. When an organism reproduces, small random changes in the > genes make the offspring different from the parent. Sometimes these > changes help the offspring survive to reproduce. When this happens, the > genes for the beneficial traits are passed on to the organism's own > offspring, becoming more common in the next generation. Genes that do > not help organisms reproduce may become rarer or be completely > eliminated from the population. This is called natural selection, a > major part of evolution. Through natural selection, populations of > organisms slowly change over time as they adapt to changes in their > environments." > > So evolution is not just about creating new species.
Isn't a major change in a population the same as creating a new species? If not, what constitutes creating a new species? And, are any major changes in populations being observed today? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
