So now it’s not evolution, but a special kind of textbook evolution which is bad, really?
The species itself is no longer present.
If it’s not a fact that the Church and the last three Popes are positive on evolution, then correct me if I’m wrong. I’m appealing to them because they are authorities of faith and morals, something which is important to me.
They can’t have it both ways.These changes are so tiny and almost imperceivable, and at the same time it’s enough to kill off the old species that it came from.
Of course not, but they are informed by scientists. Are you a scientist?
The thing you are calling vague is perfectly clear and precise. You are just looking for an excuse to dismiss it because you can’t argue against it.mVitus:
The species itself is no longer present.
Vague…
But the species that evolved from it, because individuals with certain adaptations survived and reproduced, are present now.
Vague…
If it was then I wouldn’t be saying it vague.
As long as there’s interconnecting lines, everything will be just fine.
Sure you would.LeafByNiggle:
If it was then I wouldn’t be saying it vague.
I can’t argue microevolution, because it’s perfectly clear and precise. Why can’t macroevolution be the same way?Just admit there’s no macroevolution going on today.Techno2000:
Sure you would.LeafByNiggle:
If it was then I wouldn’t be saying it vague.
They died, like all living organisms die. However, the almost-pigs did not reproduce quite as well as the actual-pigs in their environment. Compound interest does the rest. IIRC I posted a spreadsheet in one of the earlier iterations of this thread, where you asked almost exactly the same question.
That’s a really weak speculation that I’m not buying .That means the environment would have to have been changing millions of times for the worst, to affect every transitional stage of every organism’s reproductive abilities that has ever lived on earth.
If you move from Florida to Minnesota the environment changes. If you move from the coast to inland the environment changes. There are already millions of different environments on earth today. All of those millions of different environments change throughout the year and they also undergo long-term change. You are not thinking through your arguments carefully enough.
Yes. Any place where one species is expanding its range at the expense of a different, but similar species. In the UK, grey squirrels are expanding their range at the expense of red squirrels. AIUI coywolves are increasing in numbers, which is another example.