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Evolution

The scientific theory according to which populations change gradually through a process of natural selection.

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Summary of roadside stand by Robert Frost?

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In this poem, the poet contrasts the lives of poor and deprived countryside people who struggle to live with the thoughtless city people who don't even bother to notice the roadside stand that these people have put up to sell their goodies.

The poem starts with the description of the roadside stand and the intention behind it. A small time farmer builds a vegetable stand at the edge of the highway outside his house in the hope that passing cars would buy the produce and earn a bit of the money that supports cities from falling into ruin. He only wants to earn a living, he is not begging for money.

However, no cars ever stop and the ones that even glance in the direction cof the stand without any feeling of compassion or relatedness (out of sorts) only comment about how the construction spoils the view of the surroundings or how badly painted the wrongly pointed North and South signs are or to notice without interest the wild berries and squash for sale in the stand or the beautiful mountain scene.

The farmer tells the rich travelers to keep their money if they meant to be mean and that the hurt to the view is not as important as the sorrow he feels on being ignored. He only wishes for some (city) money so that he may experience the plush life (make our beings expand) portrayed by the movies and other media, which the political parties are said to be refusing him.

Frost goes on to say that even though these people have benefactors (good-doers), who plan to relocate them in villages where they can have easy access to the cinema and the store, they are actually selfish ('greedy good-doers' and 'beasts of prey') and only help these "pitiful kin" to indirectly advantage themselves. The altruists wish to make these villagers completely dependent on them for all their benefits and comforts, thus robbing them of the ability to think for themselves and be independent. 'The ancient way' could mean the old way when people worked during the day and slept at night. This is being reversed by the new 'greedy good doers' who teach these people to not use their brain. They are unable to sleep at night because they haven't worked during day time or because they are troubled by their new lifestyle.

Frost then talks about his personal feelings, saying that he can hardly breathe thought of the farmer's dashed hopes. The open windows of the farmer's house seem to wait all day just to hear the sound of a car stopping to make a purchase. However they are always disappointed, as vehicles only stop to inquire the price, to ask their way ahead, to reverse or ask for a gallon of gas.

According to the poet, the progress required has not been found by these country folk ("the requisite lift of spirit"). Their lifestyles provide ample evidence to support this fact. He sometimes feels that it might be best to simply put these people out of their pain and hardships of existence. However, once rational thinking returns to his mind, he wonders how HE would feel if someone offered to do him this supposed service.

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The poem compares the lives of people living in cities and the countryside. A small time farmer builds a vegetable stand at the edge of the highway outside his house in the hope that passing cars would buy the produce.He only wants to earn a living,he is not begging for money.However,no cars ever stop and the ones that even glance in the direction of the stand only comment about how the construction spoils the view of the surroundings.The farmer says that the hurt to the view is not as important as the sorrow he feels on being ignored.He only wishes for some money so that he may experience the plush life portrayed by the movies and other media,which the political parties are said to be refusing him.

Frost goes on to say that even though these people have benefactors,they are actually selfish and only help these "pitiful kin" to indirectly advantage themselves.The altruists wish to make these villagers completely dependent on them for all their benefits and comforts,thus robbing them of the ability to think for themselves and be independent.

Frost then talks about his personal feelings,saying that he can hardly bear the thought of the farmer's dashed hopes.The open windows of the farmer's house seem to wait all day just to hear the sound of a car stopping to make a purchase. However they are always disappointed,as vehicles only stop to ask their way ahead or ask for a gallon of gas.

According to the poet,the progress required has not been found by these country folk( "the requisite lift of spirit") Their lifestyles provide ample evidence to support this fact.He sometimes feel that it might be best to simply put these people out of their pain and hardships of existence. However,once rational thinking returns to his mind,he wonders how HE would feel if someone offered to do him this supposed service.

How did flying fish evolve?

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flying Fish get there food by swooping down on themwhile in air usaully they feed on crabs,insects,larvae,zoo plankton,and any otheer living small organism that can fit in there mouth

Why did the finches stop mating with the different ones.?

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Responde esta pregunta…la razón es que su evolución hizo que hubieran muchas subespecies y para poder mantener viva cada una de ellas se aparean solo con sus iguales y hasta hoy en día aun los pinzones siguen evolucionando.

Do you inherit your parents knowledge?

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No. While there is evidence that there may be inherited fears (eg of snakes) knowledge is something that a person must learn during their life.

What if evolution isn't real?

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Then your pet dog doesn't look the way you think it looks because we bred them by evolution from wolves and wolf-like dogs. Also if evolution wasn't real there would not be different animals and plants living today because they would not have evolved from the ones in the past - they would look exactly the same as they did then instead of looking so different now.

What idea in Lyells theory of uniformitarianism were important for evolutionary theory?

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The idea is that there is no idea:P I'm just jocking guys

Why must there be variations in the population in order for natural selection to occur?

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Natural selection works via a simple mechanism: certain organisms, though mutation, will be better-equipped for survival than others of their species. Over time, the better-adapted organisms will have a higher survival rate and, through interbreeding and simply outliving the competition, will eventually replace them.

If there was no variation (mutation) in the population, there would be no better-adapted individuals, and no change. This has been the case with some species. Alligators, for example, have been around virtually unchanged (except for size) for nearly 100 million years. They are well-adapted adapted for survival in their environment as it is, and thus there is really no need for improvements that would lead to major evolutionary change.

What type of reasoning what is used in the development of evolutionary theory?

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It was bad reasoning.

Charles Darwin saw how breeders of dogs or cattle selected for certain good traits when they breed their animals. Darwin thought this was how one species evolved into another species, by one advantageous trait being selected by nature and so one species could evolve into another.

But scientists have never seen any evidence of one species evolving into another even in the fossil record there is no evidence of any intermediary forms.