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Redditfuchs t1_j5jjmh5 wrote

Poor evolution deniers are going crazy.

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Kidogo80 t1_j5joxnd wrote

I went to a religious high school in the US. They accepted and taught microevolution (such as in this article) but not macroevolution (such as an ape evolving into a human. Yes, that's an oversimplification, but makes my point). Just an FYI.

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noideaman t1_j5kfqmt wrote

But. That’s just microevolution is just evolution!

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Dark-Castle t1_j5kgq39 wrote

Yeah, macro evolution is just micro evolution but multiple times

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Onithyr t1_j5lrt4x wrote

There is only one "objective" point of differentiation between "micro" and "macro" evolution: speciation.

But given that we have observed speciation events, and that ring species exist, it's pretty safe to say that macroevolution occurs.

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sennbat t1_j5mjsrm wrote

Also, speciation isn't, like... Actually a real thing. Because species aren't a real thing. "Species" are just an arbitrary categorization and classification tool we use because it's, well, useful. Grouping things together is useful, but it's not really reality, evolution doesn't happen to species, it happens to lineages.

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Onithyr t1_j5mkf6y wrote

Well, yes and no. There are certainly points of separation beyond which interbreeding either doesn't happen, extremely rarely happens, or results in a non-viable offspring.

This is one of the reasons I brought up the topic of ring species. They demonstrate an entire spectrum of interbreeding specimens, the ends of which either do not or cannot interbreed despite living in the same location.

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Kidogo80 t1_j5l52cr wrote

Eh. I didn't write their science books.

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TheRealSeaMoose t1_j5jo677 wrote

And it's crazy to assume that they're only evolving physically. As if animals/ species all around the world are incapable of evolving into improved intelligence either. It's arrogant as humans to believe that we're the only ones capable of complex thinking

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