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<blockquote data-quote="GoSeminoles!" data-source="post: 30925385"><p>Yes. Dogs are a direct descendant of wolves.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>There is nothing in evolutionary theory called a macro genetic mutation. All changes are slow and gradual. From one generation to the next there is never a big sudden change. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Yes. Scientists are constantly devising hypotheses to test evolution by natural selection and its predictions. Evolutionary theory predicts what kind of fossils will be found in a given place and at a given spot in the geologic column. So, when scientists are interested in finding, say, a sea-to-land transitional species they have a good idea where to look (and where not to look). </p><p> </p><p>In "Desent of Man," Darwin predicted that the earliest human ancestors would be found only in Africa. This was a bold prediction because Neanderthals had already been found in Europe. Turns out he was right. We've been digging for fossils all over the world, but by far the oldest hominid remains have been found in east Africa, not the Americas, Europe, or Asia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Scientists don't think of things so much as "laws" any more. There are ideas with tremendous amounts of data to support them, and ideas with no so much or none at all. Evolution has lots of data behind it.</p><p> </p><p>In principle, a fossilized rabbit in the pre-Cambrian would falsify evolution. Practically speaking, at this point nothing can falsify it because there is so much evidence from so many different fields of science to support it. If it were wrong, then whatever replaces it will have to explain why evolutionary theory was able to make so many accurate predictions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoSeminoles!, post: 30925385"] Yes. Dogs are a direct descendant of wolves. There is nothing in evolutionary theory called a macro genetic mutation. All changes are slow and gradual. From one generation to the next there is never a big sudden change. Yes. Scientists are constantly devising hypotheses to test evolution by natural selection and its predictions. Evolutionary theory predicts what kind of fossils will be found in a given place and at a given spot in the geologic column. So, when scientists are interested in finding, say, a sea-to-land transitional species they have a good idea where to look (and where not to look). In "Desent of Man," Darwin predicted that the earliest human ancestors would be found only in Africa. This was a bold prediction because Neanderthals had already been found in Europe. Turns out he was right. We've been digging for fossils all over the world, but by far the oldest hominid remains have been found in east Africa, not the Americas, Europe, or Asia. Scientists don't think of things so much as "laws" any more. There are ideas with tremendous amounts of data to support them, and ideas with no so much or none at all. Evolution has lots of data behind it. In principle, a fossilized rabbit in the pre-Cambrian would falsify evolution. Practically speaking, at this point nothing can falsify it because there is so much evidence from so many different fields of science to support it. If it were wrong, then whatever replaces it will have to explain why evolutionary theory was able to make so many accurate predictions. [/QUOTE]
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