Well mutations and viral recoding of DNA/RNA are the only mechanisms I know of for organism variation over time. Are you saying that RANDOM mutation plus natural selection couldn't have created the species variety we see today? Or are you advocating some kind of Lysenkoism? The former project I'm receptive to, the latter less so. I'm no biologist though... just an office worker with a library card
I remember an interesting book awhile back 'Shattering the Myths of Darwinism'. It seems like you and that author are camping in the same alley.
Oh, yes, I am definitely saying they couldn't have produced the species we see today. I am would focus on the higher levels.
If a given kind has a particular genetic makeup (like we see with dogs) it is easy to see, and very possible, for breeding (including by natural selection) to produce a huge variety. Again we see that with dogs.
What I am arguing in this post is that the overall thrust of evolutionary thought seems to imagine that if some creature somewhere, one little example, has an advantageous mutation that *bang* that mutation will make its way into the population as a whole. That is NOT the case. It would actually be a long shot.
Well mutations and viral recoding of DNA/RNA are the only mechanisms I know of for organism variation over time. Are you saying that RANDOM mutation plus natural selection couldn't have created the species variety we see today? Or are you advocating some kind of Lysenkoism? The former project I'm receptive to, the latter less so. I'm no biologist though... just an office worker with a library card
I remember an interesting book awhile back 'Shattering the Myths of Darwinism'. It seems like you and that author are camping in the same alley.
Oh, yes, I am definitely saying they couldn't have produced the species we see today. I am would focus on the higher levels.
If a given kind has a particular genetic makeup (like we see with dogs) it is easy to see, and very possible, for breeding (including by natural selection) to produce a huge variety. Again we see that with dogs.
What I am arguing in this post is that the overall thrust of evolutionary thought seems to imagine that if some creature somewhere, one little example, has an advantageous mutation that *bang* that mutation will make its way into the population as a whole. That is NOT the case. It would actually be a long shot.