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Concrete evidence for the theory of modification by natural selection is limited to the microevolutionary level—that is, events and processes at or below the level of species.

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The evidence that natural selection directs changes on the macroevolutionary level—such as the major transitions between higher taxa and the origination of new designs—necessarily involves extrapolation from these evidences on the microevolutionary level.

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Evolutionary biology as an academic discipline in its own right emerged as a result of the modern evolutionary synthesis in the 1930s and 1940s.

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A common evidence for evolution is the assertion that the embryos of related animals are often quite similar to each other, often much more similar than the adult forms.

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The Darwinian and Neo-Darwinian emphasis on gradualism has been subject to re-examination on several levels: the levels of major evolutionary trends, origin of new designs, and models of speciation.

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The changes in populations that are considered evolutionary are those that are inheritable via the genetic material from one generation to another."

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Nevertheless, religious viewpoints are varied with respect to evolution.

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A theory such as evolution, which holds that mind and spirit are mere byproducts of a materialistic process, cannot square with belief in the supremacy of mind and spirit as the highest aspects of creation.

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Evolution is no longer a theory, it is simply a fact."

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The "Tikal hiatus" refers to a period between the late sixth to late seventh century where there was a lapse in the writing of inscriptions and large-scale construction at Tikal.

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Evolutionary biology is a subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species, as well as their change over time.

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Classical creationists are likewise opposed to evolution, despite having a belief system that allows descent with modification and change in gene frequencies in populations.

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The appearance of life on earth (see origin of life) is not a part of biological evolution.

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Scientists sometimes refer to evolution as both a "fact" and a "theory."

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Mainly, they are opposed to the specific Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection, which has three radical components that are particularly troublesome: (1) purposelessness, (2) philosophical materialism, and (3) lack of being progressive.

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Other evidence used to demonstrate evolutionary lineages includes the geographical distribution of species.

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One of the unheralded laws of evolutionary theory is that macroevolutionary changes are irreversible—lineages do not return to their ancestral form, even when they return to the ancestral way of life.

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Broadly defined, biological evolution is any heritable change in a population of organisms over time.

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The geographic distribution of plants and animals offers another commonly cited evidence for evolution (common descent).

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Scientists were involved who generally had specialist training in particular organisms or groups of organisms, such as mammalogy, ornithology, or herpetology, but used those organisms as systems to answer general questions in evolution.

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A popular definition along these lines is that offered by Douglas J. Futuyma (1986) in Evolutionary Biology: "Biological evolution…is change in the properties of populations of organisms that transcend the lifetime of a single individual….

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The second major evolutionary theory is the "theory of modification through natural selection," also known as the "theory of natural selection."

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Various mechanisms have been presented whereby a single evolutionary lineage splits into two or more genetically independent lineages.

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The concepts of speciation and extinction are important to any understanding of evolutionary theory.

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The massive evidence that Darwin presented was so convincing that within a few years every biologist became an evolutionist, believing that the world was the product of a continuing process of change.

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Natural selection, rather than being the creative force of evolution, may be variously viewed as a force for advancement of the new variation or may be considered largely inconsequential.

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Many evolutionists also call evolution a "fact" when they are referring to the theory of descent with modification, because of the substantial evidences that they perceive as having been marshaled for this theory.

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All of the classical arguments for evolution are fundamentally arguments for imperfections that reflect history.

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The theory of punctuated equilibrium ascribes that the fossil record accurately reflects evolutionary change.

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According to the theory of natural selection, natural selection is the directing or creative force of evolution.

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Among the evidences that evolutionists use to document the "pattern of evolution" are the fossil record, the distribution patterns of existing species, methods of dating fossils, and comparison of homologous structures.

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Scholars in a number of academic disciplines and subdisciplines are involved in evolutionary studies.

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The validity of making such extrapolations has recently been challenged by some prominent evolutionists.

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Evolution is God's or Nature's, method of creation."

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Evolutionary developmental biology is an emergent subfield of evolutionary biology that looks at genes of related and unrelated organisms.

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The theory of natural selection is one explanation offered for how evolution might have occurred; in other words, the "process" by which evolution took place to arrive at the pattern.

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A common misconception about evolution is that the development of new species generally requires millions of years.

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The modern synthesis is the most significant, overall development in evolutionary thought since the time of Darwin, and is the prevailing paradigm of evolutionary biology.

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Darwin himself insisted that evolution was entirely gradual.

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Symbiogenesis is evolutionary change initiated by a long-term symbiosis of dissimilar organisms.

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One way in which evolutionary theory has dealt with such criticisms is the concept of "preadaptation," proposing that the intermediate stage may perform useful functions different from the final stage.

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The concept of gradualism has often been linked with evolutionary thought.

In biology, evolution is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and relies on the process of natural selection. The theory of evolution is based on the idea that all species? are related and gradually change over time.Feb 17, 2017

Natural selection leads to evolutionary change when individuals with certain characteristics have a greater survival or reproductive rate than other individuals in a population and pass on these inheritable genetic characteristics to their offspring.

(1) The change in genetic composition of a population over successive generations, which may be caused by natural selection, inbreeding, hybridization, or mutation. Note: Natural selection is only one of several mechanisms that can cause evolution (= change in the genetic basis of a population).

Environmental change triggers rapid evolution. ... Environmental change can drive hard-wired evolutionary changes in animal species in a matter of generations. A new study overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs gradually over hundreds or thousands of years.Apr 9, 2013

Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection has been divided into five parts to explain clearly how evolution happens in nature. 1. Organisms produce more offspring than actually survive. Organisms can die from many causes: disease, starvation, and being eaten, among other things.

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In neo-Darwinism, evolution is a process of increasing fitness [in the sense of an organism's ability both to survive and to reproduce]. In mutation-driven evolutionary theory, evolution is a process of increasing or decreasing an organism's complexity. We tend to believe natural selection selects one type.Mar 16, 2014

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