is the natural selection still acceptable today?

Answer 1

Since most of the world's people believe in some form of religion, the answer is no. However, if you talk about a country with a one-child policy, it is up to the individual who goes that route. As for me. I think it is going against the word of God.

Answer 2

Well, I was a Biology major in college. So yes, natural selection is still acceptable. Do you mean it towards human beings? In general, in nature you can see the cause and effect of natural selection all around you. As far as assigning this to humans, from a scientific standpoint, yes, natural selection is real, but from a social standpoint, I'd say no. Scientifically, look at the behaviors or men and women. Women wear makeup to hide flaws, and to appear more appealing sexually. They are trying to attract a mate. You could call this natural selection. Women are trying to appear more genetically fit, so that a mate will choose them.
The reason I say no from a social standpoint is because in our culture, most people don't want to hear a notion of people being summed up so easily by science. Which is something I agree with, our culture is so incredibly complex that we can't possibly sum it up with a scientific theory.

Answer 3

It depends on what species you are talking about, and of course remember that it takes an extremely long time for traits to become dominant through natural selection. Animals, not including humans, most definitely, because there will almost always be new mutations that cause one individual to survive longer and breed more than others.

As far as humans go, natural selection does not affect us any longer on a grand scale. Humans have, and probably still are growing taller, because humans have been shown to *usually* prefer taller "mates" because it symbolizes power. However as far as other adaptations, we create adaptations, rather than depending on mutations to, through natural selection, spread desirable traits throughout the species. For example, instead of humans continuing to evolve into a species better suited for bipedality (walking on two feet) by solving the issue of the eventual back pains that come from the pressure on our lumbar vertebrae exerted through walking or the fact that the arches of our feet can and do collapse in certain individuals, we have developed corrective surgeries and devices that can be worn, rather than natural selection working its magic on those who might be better suited to handle such problems.

Answer 4

Of course natural selection is still acceptable today.

Charles Darwin proposed the animals who adapted best to changing surroundings would survive, not necessarily the strongest or fastest, and the advantages those animals possessed to survive would then be passed on through their offspring to ensure the future survival of the species.

Answer 5

Natural selection, also known as adaptation, is a scientifically verifiable mechanism for small changes in populations of organisms. Since everyone from rabid evolutionists to rabid creationists agree that it is valid, I'd say it was acceptable.

Going beyond your question, if you are asking from a creation/evolution standpoint, the difference between the two positions is that creationists feel there is a boundary that cannot be adapted across and evolutionists feel there is no boundary.

Answer 6

Natural selection is accepted by the scientific community. It is merely logic. The deviation of a species that promotes strength in survival will develop more readily than a less adaptable trait/deviation.

Answer 7

"acceptable"? I don't understand the question.

I think it's an acceptable explanation of evolution.

But, I think it will become less "applicable", and I think intelligence will play more of a role in evolution than mere natural selection, in the upcoming years.

Answer 8

I don't think it's really something that can be deemed acceptable or unacceptable, it's just life.

People naturally go after the person with the best quality and traits, people don't just settle anymore when they have choices.

Answer 9

It is unacceptable. Look how hard we try to protect threatened and endangered species. If it was accepted, we would simply let these species die out.

Answer 10

yes