03-19-2017, 07:12 PM
(03-19-2017, 06:49 PM)Beaker Wrote: The fact that predators are the selection pressure in this example helps explain why. The big statement anti-evolution people used to make was "Why would fish move onto land when they have evrything they need in the water?" Well, now you know there are other factors involved besides finding food.
I know that for some people predation seems like an obvious answer for some of these things, and it makes sense logically. I'm sure several of us are reading this and going "well, yeah..." But the important thing this study does is provide evidence to confirm the hypothesis. There are many ways to test evolution and we have seen them over the years, but this process provides a unique perspective not just for the sea to land transition, but the overall implications of what this can mean are huge.
And I know you know this, but I just happened to quote you to say this.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
