Still confused re: micro- and macro-evolution, one more question...?

Question

Using the rationale doesn't make sense: Just because a bird's beak changed (Darwin's finches - MICRO-evolution, better said, mutation) they say that is evidence of macro-evolution and that must have evolved from Beluga whales. (or whatever they say they supposedly evolved from) We have humans with bigger noses, is that so they can smell better? Does that mean all humans will have bigger noses now? I have strangely long fingers... does that mean that all of humanity will have longer fingers now? I mean, they are really useful. I should let whoever is in charge of picking the better human traits that these long fingers on people should become permanent. I mean, does this make any sense. I will die, and people will keep having the same kind of fingers, just like they have had for the last 6000 years of our existence.

But you can't say that because micro- happens that macro- automatically does! micro-evolution is a mutation, nothing more, nothing less.

Answer 1

I cannot believe how ignorant you people are, no evolution? 6000 year old earth? wtf?

Answer 2

Just because one creature has a useful mutation does not necessarily mean that it will be passed on. If the mutation somehow makes them more successful than others of their species from a biological standpoint (i.e. they survive to have children to pass the trait on to) and that trait also contributes to their biological success, over the course of several hundred generations that trait may become predominant.

Answer 3

the size of your nose has nothing to do with your ability to smell, the change in nose size probably has something to do with sexual selection
if you having longer fingers increases your chance of survival then you will probably be able to survive long enough to have kids that will also have long fingers, but if someone had short fingers that decreased their chance of survival they have a a worse chance of survivingto have kids and eventually their will onnly be kids with long fingers, this is assuming that long fingers increase your chance of survival which could very wellbe not true.
also no one thinks finches evolved from beluga whales because their is no evidence of this, there is evidence they evolved from reptiles because we have found fossils of reptiles wiith feathers and birds today have scales, lay eggs, nd exhibit other reptilian charateristics

Answer 4

Darwin over exagerated micro-evolution (finches, butterflies,etc.) and formed his famous MACRO_evolution theory!! Micro* is PROVEN to occur (virus mutation,etc) but Macro* isn't> for ex. that we evolved from monkeys>

Answer 5

You can see micro-evolution in your lifetime. To see macro-evolution you will need to live over 1 million years; it is so damn slooooooooooooow, BUT IT HAPPENS!

Answer 6

Microevolution is the theory that over millions of years small changes from mutiation occured resulting in human life forms.(exetremly basic description)
Macroevolution is the theory that reptiles somehow hatched different forms of life, such as birds. (basic description)

Answer 7

You're forgetting the most important part: macroevolution has been observed in labs. Now hopefully your next question will be much shorter.

Answer 8

The THEORY of evolution is so shot full of holes that it will never be translated into fact.

Answer 9

macro evolution COWS TO WHALES.. uh no
micro evolution Dog to poodle... uh yes
neither peppered moth - start with dark and light moths and end with dark and white moths

Answer 10

I'm with shizzle...wtf?