Evolution

Overview

Evolution is the idea that the nature of a species can change irreversibly (evolve) over time – a fact which can be directly observed over human timescales, especially in lower life-forms such as bacteria.

The word "evolution" is often used to refer to the scientific theory of evolution by natural selection.

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Reference

• Wikipedia
• Conservapedia: redirects to Theory of Evolution; see evolution by natural selection
• dKosopedia: no article (as of 2007-09-01, verified 2008-03-13)
• SourceWatch: no equivalent article (as of 2008-03-13); see search

Notes

Notes for an eventual page attempting to exhaustively document the extensive interlocking evidence for evolution (and evidence of human origins) and the age of the Earth:

• see also Scientific knowledge contradicted by young Earth theories
• Extinction happens: dodo, auroch, passenger pigeon
• Experimental evolution:
  • HTML PDF "The Evolution of Communication within Robot Societies", Dario Floreano, Sara Mitri, Stephane Magnenat, Laurent Keller, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. (HTML version does not show figures properly.)
    • Articles about this research: New Scientist Tech Nature Science (AAAS) Technology Review (MIT)
  • genetic algorithms