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Politics : Evolution
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (1161)8/13/2000 8:02:10 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 69300
 
How Goes Evolution
Simpson - probability of 5 mutations in the same nucleus = 
10-22. "With an average breeding 
population of 100 million individuals and an average length of generation of one day, again 
extremely favorable postulates, such an event would be expected only once in 274 billion
 years, or about a hundred times the probable age of the earth. ... unless there is an unknown 
factor tremendously increasing the chance of simultaneous
 mutations, such as process has played no part whatever in evolutions."


I'm not sure I understand what point this is trying to make. Mutations generally arise one at a time. Those are then mixed and multiplied among future generations where additional mutations may be added. Very few plants or animals reproduce without mixing and spreading their genes and mutations around through the population. Species do not change in one giant jump, although when the circumstances are right the changes come quickly.
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