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    from parent to offspring and can cause evolution by increasing the size of the gene pool. Another mechanism of evolution is gene flow. Gene flow takes place when organisms immigrate or emigrate from a population permanently. This can can either increase or decrease in the gene pool as a whole. A third mechanism of evolution is genetic drift in which a random event acts on a small population and decrease the size of the gene pool. The fourth mechanism of evolution is non-random mating. In…

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    231 If Darwin thinks that species are weeded out through the process of natural selection, this would appear to negate what Paley believes, which is an intelligent Creator. Darwin preserves the ideologies put forth by Paley, in which a successor will not possess qualities, which are harmful to its creator or “possessor” as Darwin calls it. The possibility for Darwin’s theory to preserve any of Paley’s argument, involves seeing natural selection as part of a perfect design, with a creator who…

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    science and society. Because of the Enlightenment period science and their scientist to be able to research those topics that did not go along with the church and their beliefs. (Bowles & Kaplan, 2013, p. 136) One topic that was addressed was evolution. Evolution has had a huge influence on today in all field including Christianity. The debate on whether man was created or whether we evolved from animal is still a debate that occurs even today. However during the time of Charles Darwin it was a…

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    Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has evolved into many ideas and ways an organism can involve. Darwin’s basic definition of evolution is that Evolution is how various organisms around the world had a common origin and that any differences that one can see today are through genetic mutations that occur in the eggs or sperm of an organism. Different ways Evolution can occur is through Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, Bottlenecking, Gene Flow…

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    allows the teaching of creationism in public schools across Tennessee—the anti-evolution crusade continues to affect the children of the United States. If teaching evolution causes such an uproar, why should it still be considered? Despite the existence of religious contradictions, on the whole, children who learn about…

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    How does one decipher between living and non-living? In the article, The Definition of life, Professor Farnsworth argues that life is essentially indefinable. He refers to biological life as a continuum. Throughout the duration of the article, Farnsworth explains how in biology, life cannot be dwindled down to yes or no answers. Rather, he quotes, "nature can trick us with questions that have hidden false assumptions" implying that what one defines as "death" is purely subjective. Farnsworth…

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    The everlasting argument of Evolution and science vs. Creationism and religion has been stumping mankind for ages. There really is no right answer but there is a more realistic argument. Which is the idea of Evolution and the continuous adaptation of species to their Environments. We have retrieved evidence supporting Evolution and the paths it’s taken to reach the stage it 's at now. Many scientist devoted their lives to research evolution. These Scientist were able to determine that we all…

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    Natural Life Humans are only known to exist upon Earth. From the beginning of time, life has evolved upon our planet. The vast Oceans of our world were only known as one. The lands came to exist among this ocean, further dividing it until there were not one but seven Oceans. It is from these expanses of water that life came to be upon Earth. From the sea, they evolved and thrived upon land. Their lives are dependent upon surviving nature. Their abilities to live within nature upon Earth are…

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    Darwin’s Theory of Evolution suggests that all forms of life have a common ancestor. Going by this theory even the plant lives and animals and human beings are all related. Through natural selection the ancestors have evolved, pass through various stages by undergoing genetic mutations. For instance a member of the specie might have gained a functional improvement and developed wings to fly, or four limbs to walk and hence differentiated into birds and animals respectively. Now there are several…

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    billion years ago, the plants would create oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis and then certain cells would intake the oxygen through respiration. These species created a symbiosis on Earth for each other. Even predation has pushed forward the evolution of species so that they are better prepared to survive their predator or to catch their prey. Humans on the other hand, are pushing the boundary of survivability that many species are unable to keep up with. "Because of us, the ice caps are…

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