Adaptation...possibly, or, an extinct and separate animal. Is Eohippus considered to be in the "horse" family? What species did the Eohippus evolve from, something that can be proven?
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How do you explain thousands of fossils, in chronolgical order, that show a clear gradual development from Eohippus to the modern horse?
Thanks. Let's go from there. How do molecules rearrange themselves to accomplish evolution?
As for a "macro change", that is by definition the result of a set of changes, since macro is the accumulation of micro over the generations.
They are still "horses" just like a wolf and a chiwawa are still "dogs".
So a "set" of changes is more than 1.
Yes, but changing the goalposts like this, doesn't invalidate my answers.
You didn't ask about MACRO changes. You asked about mere change in an organ, tissue, cells, etc. You made no mention of any "macro" stuff. And if you would, I'ld ask you to define it first.
A single mutation demonstrably has at least the potential to bring about change in a multitude of ways and that's a perfectly valid answer to the question that you DID ask.
The effects of mutations
Speculations, conjecture, most likely, it is believed, artistic renderings of what might have been, is that provable fact?
[The eohippus is an extinct prehistoric animal that is known as the “dawn horse.” It lived in the early Eocene era, about 50 million years ago. It probably looked like a miniature, spotted, cloven horse and was bigger than a fox. It was probably the size of a small dog, with a small thin tail. It lived in swamp-like forests, hid from predators in the shadows, and lived off the leaves of bushes and short trees. As time went by, eohippus changed. But for 20 million years, it didn’t change that much, evolutionarily speaking. Flash forward in time to a moment slightly before ours. There now exist paleobiologists. For many decades, they considered Eohippus to be the linear ancestor of Equus, the modern day horse.
For many decades, scientists considered Eohippus the ancestor of the modern-day horse.
Then new science replaces old science, and this idea changes. New science explains that the evolution of the horse is non-linear, like a many-branched tree. Equus happens to be the only branch of the horse now in existence. Eohippus is still considered an ancestor of Equus, but in a less linear way. For some reason, scientists seem to know more about the evolutionary lineage of the horse than any other animal.
Extinct equids. True to scale.
Also, there is now the idea that Equus is not the goal, or the crowning jewel, of a naturally-selected lineage.
As part of this many-branched tree, the indigenous horse died out in North America about 12,000 years ago. The Spanish brought domestic horses to the New world at the end of the 1400s. Therefore, if you encounter wild horses in the United States, they are feral.]
They are still "horses" just like a wolf and a chiwawa are still "dogs".
Fine, ask away.
Adaptation...possibly, or, an extinct and separate animal. Is Eohippus considered to be in the "horse" family? What species did the Eohippus evolve from, something that can be proven?
My questions, however clumsy, ask the same thing. What causes change?
I did, what good did it do?
"I do not understand your, "a particular set of unknown restraints", comment, do you see a request for both parties to answer all questions they may be asked as "restraints"? Am I asking someone to agree to something that I am not willing to agree to?"
Should I provide the definition of "all" that I am using?
Is there a difference between adaptation and evolution?
I don't know what came before Eohippus.
Whatever floats your boat mate.
"Is Eohippus considered to be in the "horse" family?"
Now, do you see why I ask people to agree to answer all questions in any serious discussion of a subject" Some questions may be a little inconvenient to answer so they are ignored, deflected from or just spinned until the one asked becomes dizzy and forgets the qustion.
My definition in common English terms...
Adaptation - changes to one's environment within in the same species for survival purposes.
Evolution - one species changing into a totally different species.
Transition - depends on the context.
Speciation - one species to a distinctly different species...evolution.
Care to share your definitions?
Adaptation...possibly, or, an extinct and separate animal. Is Eohippus considered to be in the "horse" family? What species did the Eohippus evolve from, something that can be proven?
Horse Evolution
We have very different views of the subject Jimmy and the only way that you can convince me that my views are incorrect is to ask me questions that I cannot give plausible, clear, verifiable answers to. OTOH, you cannot convince me that your views are correct unless you can answer every question that I may ask with the same kind of answers.
With that being said, I will enthusiastically engage in a serious discussion with you on the subject if you will agree to that simple request with an honest intent to honor the agreement. What say you?
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IF, we were talking about creation and the only source I would accept as authentic and the only sources that I quoted were from Bible believing Christian sites, would you accept my data without question?
There are many different breeds but they are still horses.
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