[Islander7]

“...It’s not evolution, it’s adaptation...”

Physical changes, longer legs, is evolution. Changes in behavior is adaptation.

[fr_freak]

Physical changes, longer legs, is evolution. Changes in behavior is adaptation.

No, you need to read post #4 again. He makes a good point. It is my understanding that Darwinism, which is natural selection within a species, is not a part of the modern theory of evolution. Natural selection states that the most beneficial existing trait in a species becomes dominant under certain conditions, as in this case with the lizard where the longer-legged ones survived the fire ants better. The modern Theory of Evolution states that one species may become another through one or more beneficial genetic mutations which provide greater potential for survival. In other words, it is new genetic information within the species that didn't exist before. Big difference between the two.