Hi, folks. I was just discussing evolution with a very intelligent Creationist over on the Religion and Spirituality board & then through private emails and s/he made me really examine my belief in evolution. So I'm coming to learn a bit more about what I profess to believe.
Is the primary driving force behind macroevolution mutations? And in primates, since we only give birth to one every 9 months per fertile female, the mutation would have to be either dominant - and thus, wouldn't it eventually eclipse the non-mutated creature, or there would have to be a mass mutation with a sudden spike in births with the mutation, right? Can that - in primates that produce offspring so slowly - actually result in divergent evolution?
Sorry if this is a really stupid question. Please put it in terms that an English major will understand! Thanks!
2006-09-24
02:28:46
·
5 answers
·
asked by
ZombieTrix 2012
6
in
Biology