Comments on: No More Evolution for You, Says British Scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-more-evolution-for-you-says-british-scientist/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Arthur http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-more-evolution-for-you-says-british-scientist/#comment-16091 Arthur Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:10:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-more-evolution-for-you-says-british-scientist/#comment-16091 Sound much like a statement made I believe in the late 1800's that nearly everything there was to learn in science was already known. And then we discovered the quantum world. Oops bet they blushed In their graves. Sound much like a statement made I believe in the late 1800’s that nearly everything there was to learn in science was already known. And then we discovered the quantum world. Oops bet they blushed In their graves.

]]> By: Travis Cottreau http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-more-evolution-for-you-says-british-scientist/#comment-15755 Travis Cottreau Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:35:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-more-evolution-for-you-says-british-scientist/#comment-15755 All his points mean is that selection criteria have changed. It doesn't mean selection doesn't happen. Natural selection isn't just earth death, it is also why individuals choose certain mates. Look at humans today and tell me that they aren't being picky. That is what would be required to stop natural selection from happening. As long as humans continue to reproduce and selection criteria are what they are, you will see shifts in that direction. It's inevitable. All his points mean is that selection criteria have changed. It doesn’t mean selection doesn’t happen. Natural selection isn’t just earth death, it is also why individuals choose certain mates. Look at humans today and tell me that they aren’t being picky. That is what would be required to stop natural selection from happening.

As long as humans continue to reproduce and selection criteria are what they are, you will see shifts in that direction. It’s inevitable.

]]> By: Noel Boaz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-more-evolution-for-you-says-british-scientist/#comment-15706 Noel Boaz Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:42:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-more-evolution-for-you-says-british-scientist/#comment-15706 What drivel. In the first place the species name is Homo sapiens. I doubt seriously that there is 98% survival rate of individuals even in the "developed world" and even so what about most of the rest of the species? It is well known that evolution can and does occur in large populations, and data on recent human evolution shows that. As just one example, high population densities in the Middle Ages in Europe facilitated large-scale mortality during the Black Death, which was undoubtedly a major selective event in human evolution. What drivel. In the first place the species name is Homo sapiens. I doubt seriously that there is 98% survival rate of individuals even in the “developed world” and even so what about most of the rest of the species? It is well known that evolution can and does occur in large populations, and data on recent human evolution shows that. As just one example, high population densities in the Middle Ages in Europe facilitated large-scale mortality during the Black Death, which was undoubtedly a major selective event in human evolution.

]]>