2007-09-29 09:55:17 · 19 answers · asked by Adelaide B 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Has anyone ever seen a Whale grow legs? LOL
2007-09-29 10:08:13 · update #1
Micro-- Small changes within a specie. For example, man's skin color changing and adapting to his/her environment.
Macro-- A change from one specie to another. For example, ape to man.
Which is more likely to occur?
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2007-09-29 10:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Not a lot, actually.
Macro evolution happens when there are enough changes in a population that was once one species, but now has become different enough that they're considered another.
Many micro evolutions = a macro evolution
2007-09-29 10:04:24 · answer #2 · answered by serious troll 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
macro evolution is a series of micro evolutional changes happening over a long, looooong period.
For example: micro evolution is a small change, for example, an animal evolving tougher hairs in their fur. If this keeps happening for thousands and thousands of years, those hairs will eventually evolve into needles (like on a hedgehog) and a new species will evolve. That's macro evolution.
Micro evolution keeps happening, every day, all day long, with the help of natural selection. We can't see macro evolution happening because it takes millions of years.
2007-09-29 10:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by Ymmo the Heathen 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no micro or macro evolution, only evolution. But, to answer your question, micro is when you get a slight change within a species. Macro is when you get so many micros that it's just not the same species any more.
2007-09-29 10:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by Scumspawn 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. Macro evolution is just over a much longer time period than micro evolution.
2007-09-29 10:06:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Micro evolution would be considered more like adaptation, macro would be the idea of fish growing legs and wings.
Basically Macro is a load of crap and micro play into the load of crap theory because slight changes can be observed from generation to generation.
The theory is completely dismantled by the human brain.
to suggest macro evolution exist would force the premise that all humans are living on the absolute edge of our intelligence. when we in fact only use between 2-6% of our brains on average.
God Bless, Best of luck!!
2007-09-29 10:04:04 · answer #6 · answered by Wolfie 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
micro-evolution is a turtle species neck growing an inch upon average.
macro-evolution is a waterturtle evolving into a land turtle.
macro-evolution is the acumulation of all those little changes micro-evolution causes.
2007-09-29 10:15:52 · answer #7 · answered by mrzwink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. There is no micro or macro, it's just evolution.
2007-09-29 10:02:19 · answer #8 · answered by Tony AM 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
macro evolution is the accumulation of micro evolution... over a very long period of time
2007-09-29 10:04:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference. They are nonsense terms.
No, nobody has ever seen a whale grow legs. If they did, it would be pretty extreme evidence against evolution.
2007-09-29 10:04:45 · answer #10 · answered by murnip 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing except the size of change in a population's DNA. Macroevolution is basically a lot of small changes over time that result in large changes.
Creationists sometimes acknowledge microevolution, meaning they believe small changes can't account for larger changes. They come to this conclusion because of religious beliefs, however, not through evidence and analysis.
2007-09-29 09:59:55 · answer #11 · answered by khard 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋