http://www.umainetoday.umaine.edu/Issues/v4i2/evolving.htmlhttp://users.ipfw.edu/gillespi/BIOL%20598/Articles/Ghlalambor,%20et%20al.%202003.pdfhttp://compphys.bio.uci.edu/bennett/150.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v431/n7012/pdf/nature02918.pdfhttp://www.bio.uu.nl/evolpopbio/personeel/gerdiendejong/pdfs/Bochdanovits%20&%20de%20Jong%20Evolution%2057%20082003%201829-1836.pdfhttp://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/faculty/endler/publications/publications.htmlhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/030716090941.htmThis is just a TINY selection from an immense pool-- Google search terms like "rapid evolution", "evolution selection" or "evolution drosophila" for hundreds more.
I presume you're capable of doing your own research if you're actually interested in finding out more. But that's not the point. Your comments about evolution do indicate a very flawed understanding of just what evolution is. Here's a definition from a respected general biology textbook:
"In fact, evolution can be precisely defined as any change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next."
- Helena Curtis and N. Sue Barnes, Biology, 5th ed. 1989 Worth Publishers, p.974
That's it. That's what I expect my biology students to know, hopefully by the time they graduate. That's what all the fuss is about. Put another way:
" Evolution is a process that results in heritable changes in a population spread over many generations."
Why do you find this notion-- which is both commonsense and easily observable all around you-- so threatening and offensive?
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