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Why is Evolution taken as fact rather than theory versus Biblical Creation?
evolution can be proven that is why it is a fact, The biblical creation is a belief and not proven.
What is the difference between macro evolution and micro evolution?
The difference is one of scale and scope. This is best explained using a single species and its descendants as an example:Every change that happens to the species up to the point of speciation would be classified as "micro-evolution". But after speciation, divergence would not stop: the two new species would continue to diverge from one another, possibly resulting in yet more branching events, more new species. The scope would increase to include all of those as well. At this scale, we're talking about "macro-evolution". When we zoom in on one of those newly emerged species, we can see that the resulting "macro-evolution" is still being generated by the cumulative effects of "micro-evolution" within each individual population.
How do evolution and microevolution differ?
Miroevolution is the change in allele frequency overtime in populations of organisms not leading to speciation; below the taxa level. Macroevolution is speciation. This terminology is not favored by many biologists because there is some implied difference in processes. That is to get from micro to macro. Actually evolution long enough is macro. So, many biologist prefer the terms. Evolution Speciation instead of micro and macro
What are six factors of macroevolution?
I'm not sure that there exists such a thing as "factors of macro-evolution". Macro-evolution is simply what happens when reproductively isolated populations continue to diverge as a result of micro-evolution. They drift apart genetically, behaviourally and morphologically, so that the differences between them become greater and greater. The mechanisms that cause this are reproductive variation and differential reproductive success, the principal mechanisms of evolution.
What type of evolution with small scale changes in genes is called?
Some would call that microevolution. I would not. Some divide evolution into micro and macro. Evolutionary biologists prefer to use the terms evolution and speciation.
What is a macro evolution?
Micro-evolution is not only a part of macro-evolution, it is the same mechanism as macro-evolution. Macro-evolution includes speciation, as a result of continuing micro-evolution.
What is a part of macro-evolution?
Micro-evolution is not only a part of macro-evolution, it is the same mechanism as macro-evolution. Macro-evolution includes speciation, as a result of continuing micro-evolution.
What is a form of macro evolution?
Macro evolution is just speciation, so you are a form of macro evolution. We and the chimpanzees have a common ancestor that we split from about 6 million years ago. We became Homo sapiensand they became Pan troglodytes.
What are the divisions of evolution?
Evolution is sometimes described as macro-evolution, which is the long-term evolution of an entire new species, and micro-evolution, which is largely to do with less significant evolutionary changes within a species. Many creationists accept the existence of micro-evolution, but say that macro-evolution does not occur.
Is speciation an example of miro-evolution in organisms?
If you use the micro-macro dichotomy then no Speciation is macro evolution. To be precise, biologists, though many biology texts do not conform, say evolution and speciation.
What do scientists use to study macro evolution?
The fossil record
Example of macroecolution?
An example of macro-evolution is the appearance of feathers during the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs.
What do scientist use often to study macro evolution?
The fossil record
When micro-evolution occurs over many generations as inherited characteristics leads to changes in populations what has occurred?
Macro-evolution. Or, more accurately, speciation.
Why is Evolution taken as fact rather than theory versus Biblical Creation?
evolution can be proven that is why it is a fact, The biblical creation is a belief and not proven.
Does natural selection only act in Macroevolution?
'Macro-evolution' is not a process in itself. Rather, it is a perspective on the effects of evolution. 'Micro-evolution' is those effects seen from close-up; by 'zooming out' one sees those same results in a wider scope called 'macro-evolution'. All evolution is driven by genetic variation and natural selection.
Why is Christianity banished in school but not evolution?
Because evolution is a proven, testable, scientific theory.
