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Old 11-07-2007, 10:26 AM
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Default Re: Biological evolution is irrelevant to humans.

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natural selection leaves only the most fit.


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That phrase is quite wrong, and it's a fundamental mistake I would not expect from anyone who has studied evolution scientifically.

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The relevant scale for a 'biological evolution' is about 100 000 years.

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No, it isn't.

First, human subpopulations are believed to have evolved much more rapidly, by at least an order of magnitude.

Second, bacteria which are quite relevant to us evolve much more rapidly, by several orders of magnitude.

Maybe you are confusing evolution with creating species.
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