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Message 256 of 323 (811088)
06-05-2017 3:25 AM
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Re: Fire flies, cameleons
Biologists use the peppered moth as a clear example of one of the core aspects of evolutionary theory - natural selection.
Natural selection results in a change in the frequency of existing traits in a population over time.
Peppered Moths are normally white with black speckles across the wings, giving it its name. There is also a variety with almost black wings could be the result of a naturally occurring genetic mutation. The proportions of light and dark winged moths has varied considerably over time. One idea was that the colouration made the light form well camouflaged against lichen-covered tree trunks when it rests on them during the day; except that it has since been shown that they don't normally rest on tree trunks during the day. Still the correlation of colours with changes in air pollution suggests that was at least part of the cause.
Darwin called his theory Evolution by Natural selection; i.e. Evolution is not synonymous with Natural Selection. The type of selection shown in the Peppered Moth will never result in a new type of moth, let alone a non-moth.

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Message 257 of 323 (811089)
06-05-2017 3:30 AM
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06-02-2017 3:19 AM


Re: Peppered moths are color change and not evolutionary change
Tangle writes:
The ToE does not say that all life comes from a common ancestor, ...
According to Jerry Coyne it does!
"Life on earth evolved gradually beginning with one primitive speciesperhaps a self-replicating moleculethat lived more than 3.5 billion years ago; it then branched out over time, throwing off many new and diverse species; and the mechanism for most (but not all) of evolutionary change is natural selection." [Jerry Coyne, 2009] (emphasis added)
Jerry Coyne is an esteemed evolutionary biologist and the author of "Why Evolution is True".
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Message 258 of 323 (811090)
06-05-2017 3:39 AM
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Re: Fire flies, cameleons
CRR writes:
The type of selection shown in the Peppered Moth will never result in a new type of moth, let alone a non-moth.
If you'd stopped before making this unfounded assertion or simply said that the result of the beneficial mutation and subsequent natural selection did not result in speciation you would have made a series of evidence based objective comments.
Instead you let your irrational bias spoil it.

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Message 259 of 323 (811103)
06-05-2017 6:46 AM
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06-05-2017 3:30 AM


Re: Peppered moths are color change and not evolutionary change
Learn to read.
Your quote from Jerry Cone is no a description of the Theory of Evolution but rather a summation of the facts of evolution.
The Theory of Evolution is the explanation of the mechanism not a recitation of the history.
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Message 260 of 323 (811105)
06-05-2017 7:13 AM
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06-05-2017 3:25 AM


Re: Fire flies, cameleons
Peppered Moths are normally white with black speckles across the wings, giving it its name. There is also a variety with almost black wings could be the result of a naturally occurring genetic mutation. ...
Indeed, and the normal white variety is called Biston betularia typica
While the black variety is called Biston betularia carbonaria
They are both members of the species Biston betularia, and they are members of the Biston genus
The names show the classification as genus name, species name, variety name
Davidjay appears to have trouble distinguishing between species and varieties.
... One idea was that the colouration made the light form well camouflaged against lichen-covered tree trunks when it rests on them during the day; except that it has since been shown that they don't normally rest on tree trunks during the day. Still the correlation of colours with changes in air pollution suggests that was at least part of the cause.
Indeed, as discussed on the Peppered Moths and Natural Selection thread they do alight occasionally on trunks and branches:
quote:
In his 34 years of moth hunting, Majerus has discovered 47 peppered moths at rest by day in the wild. ... Majerus separates into categories the position on trees where the moths were located (trunk, trunk/branch joint, branches). While the trunk/branch joint was the most common site, his data indicate that the moths do not all rest in the same place. ...
But that is among the ones he found, which was not many.
Darwin called his theory Evolution by Natural selection; i.e. Evolution is not synonymous with Natural Selection. The type of selection shown in the Peppered Moth will never result in a new type of moth, let alone a non-moth.
Curiously I am always amused at how adamant creationists are at pointing out this is not an example speciation when it was never intended to be, it is just an example of natural selection (which even the ICR article points out), as noted in the thread (although they are wrong about no new genes):
quote:
... All the while, the two types were interfertile. No new genes were produced, and certainly no new species resulted. This is natural selection in action, but not evolution. ...
Evolution requires mutation and selection, so we only have part of the picture here. Recent lab analysis has discovered the mutation that causes the dark version, and that gives us the other part of the picture: this is evolution ... a gene allele is altered, causing variation within the species population, but not speciation. Again, the ICR article noted this as well: "All the while, the two types were interfertile."
As I noted in the thread this example tests natural selection but not speciation:
natural selectionspeciation
theory testedyesno
theory validatedyesno
theory invalidatednono
Because speciation is not tested in this scenario, the results cannot be used to validate or invalidate speciation.
... The type of selection shown in the Peppered Moth will never result in a new type of moth, ...
Speciation does not occur in situations where there is gene sharing between varieties, so claiming it could is rather a strawman.
... let alone a non-moth.
Which is a concept that only creationists seem to argue about: the "hopeful monster" that is suddenly not a member of the "varied-antennae" (Heterocera) supergroup, perhaps not even a member of the Order Lepidoptera, ... and completely bypassing a new genus from Bistula or a new family from Geometridae ...
Misunderstanding evolution leads to silly arguments like this.
As this thread is about selection, the Peppered Moth more than adequately destroys the thread thesis that selection does not occur -- this is even accepted widely within the creationist ranks. Continuing to argue that selection does not occur flies in the face of the facts and is delusional.
We can leave the issue of speciation to another thread, such as our current discussion on MACROevolution vs MICROevolution - what is it?
Enjoy
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Message 261 of 323 (811108)
06-05-2017 7:56 AM
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06-05-2017 6:46 AM


Re: Peppered moths are color change and not evolutionary change
jar writes:
Your quote from Jerry Cone is no a description of the Theory of Evolution but rather a summation of the facts of evolution.
You mean in the chapter "What is Evolution" where he says
quote:
In essence, the modern theory of evolution is easy to grasp. It can
be summarized in a single (albeit slightly long) sentence: Life on Earth
evolved gradually beginning with one primitive speciesperhaps a self-
replicating moleculethat lived more than a billion years ago; it then
branched out over time, throwing off many new and diverse species; and
the mechanism for most (but not all) of evolutionary change is natural
selection.
Kinda sounds like a description of the Theory of Evolution to me

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Message 262 of 323 (811109)
06-05-2017 8:03 AM
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06-05-2017 7:13 AM


Re: Fire flies, cameleons
RAZD writes:
As this thread is about selection,
No, it is about the Evolutionary God of Selection, which is what I addressed in Message 240.

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Message 263 of 323 (811112)
06-05-2017 8:43 AM
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06-05-2017 8:03 AM


semantic twaddle
No, it is about the Evolutionary God of Selection, which is what I addressed in Message 240.
Where you say creationists accept that selection occurs and then say it is dead? fascinating.
Before you start equivocating let me remind you that the OP states:
Evolutionists admit their so called mutations all come about at random, but they seem to have deified their natural selction of this so called beneficial mutations with a non random deity called "SELECTION'.
The thread is about selection. Selection IS non-random, virtually by definition. The process of evolution is a two-step feedback response system that is repeated in each generation:
Like walking on first one foot and then the next. Unless ALL offspring survive to reproduce, selection occurs, and you can see it every time you see a dead animal. Every time a predator catches prey natural selection occurs. Every time a herbivore eats plants natural selection occurs.
Natural Selection and Neutral Drift can cause changes in the frequency distribution of hereditary traits within a breeding population, but they are not the only mechanisms known that does so. Selection processes act on the expressed genes of individual organisms, so bundles of genetic mutations are selected rather than individual genes, and this means that non-lethal mutations can be preserved. The more an individual organism reproduces the more it is likely to pass on bundles of genes and mutations to the next generation, increasing the selection of those genes.
Mutations of hereditary traits have been observed to occur, and thus this aspect of evolution is an observed, known objective fact, rather than an untested hypothesis.
Different mixing of existing hereditary traits (ie Mendelian inheritance patterns) have been observed to occur, and thus this aspect of evolution is an observed, known objective fact, rather than an untested hypothesis.
Natural selection has been observed to occur, along with the observed alteration in the distribution of hereditary traits within breeding populations, and thus this aspect of evolution is an observed, known objective fact, and not an untested hypothesis
Neutral drift has been observed to occur, along with the observed alteration in the distribution of hereditary traits within breeding populations, and thus this aspect of evolution is an observed, known objective fact, and not an untested hypothesis.
Thus many processes of evolution are observed, known objective facts, and not untested hypothesies.
Natural selection is alive and well and living with a species near you.
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Message 264 of 323 (811336)
06-07-2017 9:40 AM
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Re: semantic twaddle
Being a dedicated evolutionist, I certainly share, nonetheless, the reationist’s opinion of the natural selection (NS) idea as of a substitution for the idea of God almighty. In my eyes, the idea of NS is one of the most preposterous in the history of science — just like phlogiston and universal aether. Perhaps, it is the most preposterous idea of them all
For example, consider the RAZD’s statement that NS is not random (by definition). Together with some evolutionary theorists, RAZD does wrong: Darwinian NS is (where it actually operates) just random process. I am ready to confirm this statement — and a few more.
RAZD ardently insists that NS takes place in reality — and I fully agree. Indeed, there operates NS among gene alleles, in populations with sexual reproduction. NS among populations also operates - to the bad or to the good.
Yet the thing is that there is no Darwinian NS, in the world of sex. A well known circumstance — for instance, see good Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene, chapter 3). And not only Dawkins So there is no Darwinian NS, yet Darwinian evolution happily proceeds. How very amusing.
And the final stroke: biological evolution needs no natural selection at all This paradoxical circumstance is also well known long since. Enjoy.

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Message 265 of 323 (811337)
06-07-2017 9:50 AM
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Re: semantic twaddle
^^^ Well that's a whole pile of jumbled words. Try explaining what you mean rather than making a heap of assertions.

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Message 266 of 323 (811359)
06-07-2017 12:20 PM
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06-01-2017 5:46 PM


Re: Peppered moths are color change and not evolutionary change
CRR writes:
The peppered moth is an example of equivocation used by evolutionists.
Evolution is true because we have witnessed evolution in the Peppered Moth.
[All living forms have come from a single common ancestor] is true because we have witnessed [a change in frequency of existing traits in a population over time] in the Peppered Moth.
Where did any of us ever say that?
We say that common ancestry is true because of evidence, such as the correlation between morphological and molecular phylogenies. What we do is observe how random mutations and natural selection impact modern species. We observe that these mechanisms produce a nested hierarchy in living species. Therefore, we look for evidence of nested hierarchies, otherwise known as phylogenies. That is the evidence. It isn't an equivocation.

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Message 267 of 323 (811360)
06-07-2017 12:21 PM
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Re: Fire flies, cameleons
CRR writes:
No, it is about the Evolutionary God of Selection, which is what I addressed in Message 240.
Since no one ever proposed a God of Selection it was dead in post 1.

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Message 268 of 323 (811362)
06-07-2017 12:27 PM
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06-05-2017 3:25 AM


Re: Fire flies, cameleons
CRR writes:
Peppered Moths are normally white with black speckles across the wings, giving it its name. There is also a variety with almost black wings could be the result of a naturally occurring genetic mutation. The proportions of light and dark winged moths has varied considerably over time. One idea was that the colouration made the light form well camouflaged against lichen-covered tree trunks when it rests on them during the day; except that it has since been shown that they don't normally rest on tree trunks during the day. Still the correlation of colours with changes in air pollution suggests that was at least part of the cause.
First, we do know which mutations are responsible for the differences in color for peppered moths.
Second, the better example is the pocket mice because we do know that they spend time on black rocks and in the light brown desert. We also know the mutations within the Mcr1 gene that separate the two color populations.
Darwin called his theory Evolution by Natural selection; i.e. Evolution is not synonymous with Natural Selection. The type of selection shown in the Peppered Moth will never result in a new type of moth, let alone a non-moth.
Evolution would be disproven if the descendant of a moth was a non-moth. You seem to be yet another anti-evolutionist who doesn't understand what evolution is. You don't evolve out of your ancestry. Evolution produces diversity amongst descendants. A rhesus monkey is a primate. A modern human is a primate. Our common ancestor was a primate. Humans and rhesus monkeys are examples of how primates started with one species and diversified into many primate species. It is primates from start to finish. Again, you don't evolve out of your ancestry.
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Message 269 of 323 (811364)
06-07-2017 12:31 PM
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06-03-2017 6:10 AM


Re: Fire flies, cameleons
Davidjay writes:
Get real, its a selected color change.... by a brilliant God for these moths.
Why do [you] deny that predation by birds caused the changes in moth color in these populations?
Edited by Taq, : No reason given.

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Message 270 of 323 (811365)
06-07-2017 12:33 PM
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06-07-2017 9:40 AM


Re: semantic twaddle
Welcome to the fray Vlad
For example, consider the RAZD’s statement that NS is not random (by definition). Together with some evolutionary theorists, RAZD does wrong: Darwinian NS is (where it actually operates) just random process. I am ready to confirm this statement — and a few more.
Please do, it should prove interesting.
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