Do you think scientists will ever be able to reduplicate the process of evolution.
2007-05-24 14:36:25 · 6 answers · asked by Grilled cheese lover 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
We already have! Consider all the breeds of dogs that we've produced via artificial selection. We've done that in less than 300,000 years.
2007-05-24 14:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by michaelhobbsphd 3 · 19⤊ 3⤋
Farmers have been doing it for thousands of years. If you mean, will they be able to create life, that is a much harder question. It may be possible with some extremely complex computers some day to simulate conditions that might lead to life. They will never know the exact chemistry that created life on this planet. A computer program that could simulate millions of years might be possible one day.
2007-05-24 21:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by bravozulu 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
michaelhobbsphd: not 300,000 years... domestication of dogs began roughly 13,000 years ago and over 650 different "true" breeds have been produced...although...I would not say this is a definable mechanism of evolution...but rather selective adaptations...in addition, the gray wolf is in the same species as the domestic dog (i.e. the two can interbreed)...thus there has not been a 'speciation'...or creation of a new species...of canis lupus.
2007-05-24 21:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by Captain Whiskerboy Litterbox 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
True for dogs, Samese, but you have forgot bacteria and Drosphilia, both of which have speciated. One by resistant variation and one artificially in the lab. Your are ill informed and out of date, questioner.
2007-05-24 23:28:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
What, like producing hundreds of breeds of dogs, cattle, and horses?
2007-05-24 21:40:50 · answer #5 · answered by BotanyDave 5 · 9⤊ 3⤋
never in a billion years!!!
2007-05-24 21:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by skysthelimit 1 · 3⤊ 12⤋