01-10-2018, 02:31 PM
(01-09-2018, 09:59 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Is this really evolution of a new species as we understand it? It’s more like a new species was created by the mating of two different species. The remarkable thing being the offspring are able to reproduce.
(01-10-2018, 01:25 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I didn't think mixed-breeding animals was considered evolution. I mean, nobody watched a Labrador and Poodle bone, pop out a Labradoodle, and went "evolution!"
This seems like an awfully click-bait article title by throwing the word evolution in there.
Based on the evidence they present, speciation occurred. Speciation, the creation of a new species, is evolution. Now, creating new breeds may not be speciation, but it is an evolutionary process. The process by which dog breeds are created is selecting preferred traits, and breeding animals in an attempt to create offspring with those inheritable traits.
We often like to think of evolution purely as natural selection, the process Darwin championed, but the truth is much broader. Evolution was a theory prior to Darwin, and it has been studied and polished since.
