What does the Evolutionist handbook say, adaptation or mutation?

Answer 1

yes it says both.

Answer 2

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Adaption and mutation are... not one and the same from what I understand. At times the lines can be blurred, but not always. A mutation is a set of genes that connects the way they aren't supposed to, creating unpredictable results. An albino cat, perhaps? Whereas adaption is... breeding? Explaining it is a bit difficult.

Moths. Back before the industrial revolution, or something, there were these white moths with brown patches on them that settled on a specific tree. The lived and thrived and due to the fact that their colouring was the same as the tree's colouring they weren't eaten as often as another insect would have been on that tree. Suddenly the industrial revolution starts and the trees all turn a dark brown colour, again, or something, this is an actual example I was given but I can't remember exact details. The moths who were white died, got eaten. While those who had more brown than others had a better chance at surviving because they had less of a chance to be spotted. They birthed young who were coloured similarily and those young were weeded, light coloured getting eaten and dark coloured not. Over something like a ten year period this moth changed from white and brown to brown and white, or maybe it was just brown. This is adaption. They didn't change because of a mutation.

Mutations are. Green eyes (mutation of brown eyes, or... was it the other way around?), blonde hair. These things occured from mutations in human genes. Adaption in humans was... intelligence. Women realised that males who could hunt (lets all play nice and pretend like we believe in evolution) successfully were smarter, smarter children meant a higher possibility of that child not falling into fire, off a cliff or wandering into the waiting jaws of a preditor. Intelligence, like the dark of the moth, meant a higher survival rate and thus became one of many keys to a potential mate.

Answer 3

I have shelves of textbooks and journals. I have a few handbooks for mathematics, chemistry and electronics, but none for biology, genetics or evolution. Mutation creates variation in the population. The population adapts to the environment as the favorable variations increase in frequency. That is evolution.

Answer 4

There is no handbook but the way it probably works is:

1 Random mutation
2 Survival of the fittest.
3 An extremely long time period

Answer 5

Adaptation occurs as a result OF mutation

Answer 6

Suggestions - 1) Crack a book and at least learn the abc's of evolution so you don't come off like such a dummy.2) Direct your questions about evolution to the science section. Why? because evolution is a science, not a religion. You are wrong to associate Atheism with expertise in evolutionary science.

Answer 7

Mutate to adapt silly.

Answer 8

Lol - I can't tell if your account is going to be deleted or not.

"Adaptation" is simply the cumulative mutations that were able to be passed along.

Answer 9

An adaptation is a beneficial change, mutation is mostly a flaw.

Answer 10

Why does it have to be one OR the other?

Answer 11

mainworry, I think it's time you sat down and read carefully all the facts of evolution. Then come back and ask questions about it on YA!

You're at risk of sounding absurd.