2006-08-17 19:59:39 · 8 answers · asked by underdog 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes, without any doubt.
2006-08-17 20:03:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes certainly. Evolution just refers to the fact that species evolve gradually (not just suddenly came into existence, as most pre-Darwinian scientist thought).
It is not really evolution by natural selection, though, since (conscious) human selection plays a major role. There are shades of gray, though. The African honey cuckoo cooperates with humans in that they show the human the way to a the bees' nest and humans give them honey as an award. This is a mild case of domestication and the way it evolved would certainly count as natural selection if it wasn't because one of the species involved happened to be Homo Sapiens.
It's a semantic issue what the term "natural" exactly means, of course.
2006-08-17 20:07:50 · answer #2 · answered by helene_thygesen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Domestication is a form of mutualism that benefits humans and the domesticated species. Humans certainly exert selection pressures on domesticated species. In return, domesticated species have certainly exerted selection pressures on humans directly (availability of food, shelter, clothing) and indirectly (incidence of disease). Where there are selection pressures, there is evolution, so yes domestication has a role in evolution.
2006-08-17 21:05:03 · answer #3 · answered by d/dx+d/dy+d/dz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not evolution in the scientific meaning of the word.....but then again, Pokemon also calls their development evolution so you may call it anything you want.
2006-08-17 20:05:50 · answer #4 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually a form of selection, artificial selection.
2006-08-19 03:46:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes if you mean animals because humans select those who behave better with us... so these have more opportunities of survive.
2006-08-17 20:05:46 · answer #6 · answered by Martin Arganaraz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-17 20:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by the redcuber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess if you really wanted to define it as that, you could..
2006-08-17 20:03:34 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋