Sentences with phrase «mechanism of evolution»

Darwin further noted that evolution must be gradual, with no major breaks or discontinuities and finally, he reasoned that the mechanism of evolution was natural selection and those four insights serve as the foundation for Darwin's founding of a new branch of the philosophy of science, a philosophy of biology because Darwin introduced history into science.

That is the real mechanism of evolution, how molecules change.

The second is more controversial, but has come to be accepted over the past 150 years as the principal mechanism of evolution.

The characteristics studied by Darwin implied the evolutionary process; the fossils record demonstrated how many species evolved and added weight to the argument that all species evolved according to the same mechanism of evolution; the genetic data PROVES that the implication of the characteristics and the evidence of the fossil record was interpreted CORRECTLY..

Darwin continually emphasized the difference between his two great and separate accomplishments: establishing the fact of evolution, and proposing a theory — natural selection — to explain the mechanism of evolution.

Clearly in face of so appalling a discovery the psychic mechanism of evolution would come to a stop, undermined and shattered in its very substance, despite all the violent tuggings of the chain of planetary in - folding.

Devin, You have no evidence that a god used the mechanism of evolution, so my first point is not moot.

I personally believe God probably used the mechanism of evolution in His design process, so you first point is moot.

No mechanism of evolution could gain a hold on an entirely passive (or a fortiori resistant) cosmic material.

His final explanation (note the «purely») of any religion refers only to what that religion does for its adherents, and only to the mechanisms of the evolution of social organisms.

As one who has studied genetics and mechanisms of evolution for most of her life» evolution by natural selection being the one with which I am most familiar» I can say with a high degree of confidence that Prof. Carlin has no clear idea of what «Darwinism» means.

How much more information we have... just the one science of Genetics (which clearly shows the mechanisms of evolution) was barely an infant at that time.

However, Chad has been shown ad nauseum that the fossil record and PE in particular most certainly do not support ID / creationism, but rather, reflect the various and well - validated mechanisms of evolution.

@redzoa «However, Chad has been shown ad nauseum that the fossil record and PE in particular most certainly do not support ID / creationism, but rather, reflect the various and well - validated mechanisms of evolution.

if you are, see: berkely.edu: Evolution 101: Mutation Is Not «Directed» The mechanisms of evolution — like natural selection and genetic drift — work with the random variation generated by mutation.

What these scientists hypothesize goes far beyond the realm of cannibalism and into the very mechanisms of evolution itself.

«We're trying to identify the mechanisms of evolution as it's occurring in the wild» and translate it into a strategy to save the devils, Jones says.

«He acknowledged without envy that he could never have documented the evidence of the mechanisms of evolution so well.»

Our progress in comprehending the history and mechanisms of evolution has led to powerful applications that shape a wide variety of fields today.

First, since the early 1960s, partulas have been the subject of one of the most illuminating investigations into the mechanisms of evolution ever undertaken, revealing -LSB-...]

«This also provides us with an excellent opportunity to better understand the mechanisms of evolution.»

This symposium focuses on mechanisms of evolution of regulatory circuits and GRN architectures, spanning from plant to animal, aiming at fostering an interdisciplinary discussion among different fields of Evo Devo.

In his view, new characteristics are generated and passed on via epigenetics, subject to the same mechanisms of evolution as those with a purely genetic origin.

The problem for Blackmore, as for Dennet, is that whereas the mechanisms of evolution — DNA — has been isolated, the mechanisms by which ideas and culture are transmitted are harder to identify.

Not exact matches

«The findings showed no mineralogical evidence for abundant liquid water or its by - products, thus pointing to mechanisms other than the flow of water — such as the freeze and thaw of carbon dioxide frost — as being the major drivers of recent gully evolution,» the team explained in the press release.

The theory of evolution not only says that life evolved, it also includes mechanisms, like mutations, natural selection, and genetic drift, which go a long way towards explaining how life evolved.

Now, of course, once things got rolling, evolution appears to be one mechanism that has allowed sentient beings to adapt and survive.

To make sense of the genetic data, one disbelieving in macro evolution would have to provide a much more convoluted and absurd mechanism.

• Quoting our late Holy Father John Paul II: «The evolution of living beings, of which science seeks to determine the stages and to discern the mechanism, presents an internal finality which arouses admiration.

Apr. 19, 2013 — An international research team in including Christian Schlötterer and Alistair McGregor of the Vetmeduni Vienna has discovered a completely new mechanism by which evolution can change the appearance of an organism.

His idea is essentially «theistic evolution» — belief that God has established evolution as the mechanism by which He has introduced complexity and diversity into the biological sphere of life on earth.

The change that has come about in theologies that partake of creative and emergent evolution can be described in this way: since mechanism is no longer the base of their evolutionary thinking, idealism is no longer essential as a strategy of thought in resolving the tension between science and faith.

None of that belief was ever predicated on a specific interpretation of Genesis with respect to scientific details, and as such, accepting evolution as a mechanism by which God creates did not alter those beliefs.

(For those who might not appreciate it, evolution offers a mechanism for understanding the existence of living organisms that doesn't require the existence of a god.)

Your assumption, that «evolution offers a mechanism for understanding the existence of living organisms that doesn't require the existence of a god» holds weight only if one has the view that «natural explanations» and «theistic explanations» are a zero - sum game.

Evolution is fact, just we do not know all of the mechanisms of it, and how would we know when we have all of the information?

Evolutionists have been very clear about this distinction of fact and theory from the very beginning, if only because we have always acknowledged how far we are from completely understanding the mechanisms (theory) by which evolution (fact) occurred.

Evolution is based on over 150 years of observable facts, and experiments with DNA being the biochemical mechanism for eEvolution is based on over 150 years of observable facts, and experiments with DNA being the biochemical mechanism for evolutionevolution.

Its a fact also the molecular evidence supports Darwin — there is no debate — evolution is the best mechanism that explains the diversity of life on earth.

Dawkins» special reason for having written this book, as perhaps need not be said, is his own frustration over the sheer number of persons in the world today who continue to refuse to believe either in special evolution or in its entirely immanent causal mechanisms.

I am claiming that the difficulty with most neo-Darwinian discussions of evolution is not merely that its mechanisms are inadequate to account for evolution's «qualitative side» but that these mechanisms will be inadequate so long as they are attached (ad hoc) to a materialistic philosophy.

Suffice it to say that ignoring the evidence indicating evolution and invoking supernatural mechanisms to account for deficiencies in creationist models suggests the rejection of evolution is principally based in an unreasonable doubt born of a priori religious faith.

For example, in criticising Dawkins, he points out that «If every step in the series [of evolution] occurs by chance... the end can not be ordered», apparently unaware that Dawkins does not view evolution as entirely random, but allows for a certain direction, provided by the mechanism of natural selection (p. 51).

@Bill Deacon,»... evolutionary biology can not provide a positive causation for the digital encoding of these strands...» I'm not certain why you use the loaded language or «digital encoding», but evolution does provide a mechanism for changes in the genetic makeup of all organisms.

Very well, Chad, be the former and lay out your explanation for how theistic evolution works, including the mechanisms by which God intervenes in the world of gene frequencies, the physical process by which God «orchestrates» the universe, and the observations that this understanding is based upon.

Okay, so what mechanism of «theistic evolution» causes «rapid» change?

A number of time I have offered Chad the opportunity to present his explanation for how theistic evolution works, the mechanisms by which God intervenes in the world of gene frequencies, and the physical process by which God «orchestrates» the universe.

Naturalistic evolution is consistent with the existence of «God» only if by that term we mean no more than a first cause which retires from further activity after establishing the laws of nature and setting the natural mechanism in motion.

He was not convinced that Darwin's innovative mechanism had been confirmed empirically; he felt that Darwin's gradualist approach was a mistake; and he revolted against the implications of evolution for ethics.

Moreover, mechanism and purpose (teleology) are not mutually exclusive categories in looking at either the behavior of a man or the evolution of the universe; we need to ask about both the mechanics of a process and its purpose.