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Old 06-04-2007, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SRoper View Post
I'm not sure that macroevolution is contrary to scripture, either. As an explanation for the origin of all species there are major problems, yes, but I don't see any problem with speciation in theory.
All microevolution refers to is the occurrence of small-scale changes in allele frequencies in a population over a period of time, or what some call genetic drift. I hardly see how that gives rises to new species. The irreducible complexity of organisms is a monkeywrench in Darwinian macoevolutionary theory. One enzyme isn't in the right place, and whole organs come to a failure.
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