Evolution can occur in less than 10 years

UC Riverside/ Amercian Naturalist via Eureka Alerts ^ | Iqbal Pittalwala

[OldNavyVet]

See post 40

[Just another Joe]

That's not evolution, that's adaptation.

They are both still guppies, even of the same species, correct?

[pgkdan]

This is adaptation, not evolution. Somebody call me when the guppies turn into dogs.

[Mogollon]

This is adaptation not evolution. Big difference.

[mountainlion]

Bummer, I thought they were going to change into a horse or cow or something interesting. They are still fish!!

[so_real]

I’m seeing that more and more often ... trying to pass adaptation off as macro-evolution. Can’t tell if it’s just an under-educated few or another example of the liberal attempt at word redefinition to suit political purpose.

[Pharmboy]

Well, it could have been worse: it might have already been posted, THEN I would REALLY be in trouble...

[woollyone]

...but they didn't grow legs and turn into the evolutionist's self-proclaimed ancestors...

...monkeys.

[Alamo-Girl]

Isn’t it amazing how quickly God’s creatures can adapt to their surroundings?

Indeed. Thank you for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ!

[the long march]

It is not evolution. There is no new species here no even anything that leads to a new species. it is ADAPTATION. Happens all the time.When you don’t have predators the basic herd adapts this isn’t even new

[metmom]

Evolution is defined as genetic change over time, sometimes leading to new species, sometimes sub-species, sometimes breeds or races.

It's easy to say that evolution has happened when the definition or species or evolving is so flexible are to meaningless.

At that rate, there are uncounted billions of species on the planet with only a one member representation.

So many species of Homo Sapiens are there?

[metmom]

So, the article uses the term Adaptation - where's the fire?

You missed a few. But still no fire....

...adapted in less than 30 generations ...

...guppies in the low-predation environment above the barrier waterfall had adapted to their new environment ...

...No such adaptation ...

...of many adaptive differences ...

...how well adapted to survival ...

...This shows that adaptive change ...

[metmom]

Can’t tell if it’s just an under-educated few or another example of the liberal attempt at word redefinition to suit political purpose.

Gotta be the latter. Dontcha know that anyone who believes in evolution is a *real* scientist who got a *real* education?

[editor-surveyor]

Now if only they can change their underware fast enough when it all comes crashing down on them that this is not evolution. No change of species; just cousins that look different.

[editor-surveyor]

"High-predation females invest more resources into current reproduction because a high rate of mortality..."

And did you ever notice how lawn grass that gets mowed produces seed heads on shorter stems?

[douginthearmy]

The thing that bothers me about the evolution debate is that you either buy the whole evolution theory and ignore all anomolies in the data or you are a 6k'er. I have issues with evolution but I am not a Christian so I find it almost impossible to discuss. The issue is completely coopted.

Clearly this evidence could be supporting evidence for evolution theory, but it could also just be that larger babies are best and when females arent under predation threat they grow to full term.

[LiteKeeper]

Do they become anything other than a fish? There is a difference between speciation and evolution. I suspect that what is occurring is speciation.

[AuH2ORepublican]

So, in the low-predation area, did fewer of the offspring of the guppies that produced more offspring survive and reproduce than did the offspring of the guppies that produced fewer (but larger) offspring? If so, that would be natural selection, with the offspring of the guppies that were genetically predisposed to produce fewer, but larger, offspring more likely to survive and pass their genes on to the next generation. But the article didn’t say that-—it merely reported that in the low-predation area guppies did not see the need to have as many offspring. That’s a change in behavior, not a genetic change. It’s not natural selection or evolution.

[vpintheak]

It is fast, and it goes with what many of us Creationists believe to be true. It happens a lot quicker than what many think. Important note, these are still guppies and will forever be guppies.

[tpanther]

Well said...the goalposts keep moving...by design ironically enough, so that merely defining evolution now is like nailing jello to a wall.