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Topic: A beginning
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Doddy
Member (Idle past 5931 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: 01-04-2007
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Message 6 of 22 (401029)
05-17-2007 10:20 PM
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Reply to: Message 5 by subbie
05-17-2007 8:26 PM
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Only around creationists. If you're talking to population geneticists, then use 'fitness' as much as you want.
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Doddy
Member (Idle past 5931 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: 01-04-2007
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Message 9 of 22 (401057)
05-18-2007 3:12 AM
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Reply to: Message 8 by ogon
05-18-2007 2:54 AM
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Yes, if you drop them onto an island in Antarctica, different people would survive longer than if the island was located in Indonesia. Thus, fitness is a reflection of the environment.
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Doddy
Member (Idle past 5931 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: 01-04-2007
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Message 12 of 22 (401067)
05-18-2007 8:06 AM
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Reply to: Message 10 by ogon
05-18-2007 4:02 AM
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ogon writes: So really the development of a species is by chance? It has a chance component, but selection acts such that the product (next generation) is not just a random mess of genes. Be careful with the chance words, because so often people misunderstand evolution by assuming it's "just random".
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