Ummm... Hello Everyone.
I'm a new person here but not a new person to Oddworld (gotta love the stuff), and this is my first post. I happen to work part-time at the La Brea Tar Pits of Los Angeles (big museum) and evolution is a big part of the place, so this topic kind of my specialty. Evolution is a fact! Anyone who has any questions or disagrees, I would be happy to detail. What is debated in the scientific community, however, is what triggers evolution. Darwin's theory of natural selection explains how populations of animals change in the short run (microevolution). But some feel it doesn't work fast enough for species to change entirely. The increasingly popular theory for speciation (macroevolution) is called punctuated equillibrium. This idea states that organisms change very quickly (triggered by possibly a catastrophy), and then go through a period of very little change. The idea of a God controlled evolution is called Intelligent Design, or ID. It is gaining popularity and I have no problem with it, except certain fundamentalists are trying to get it pushed into science class (and science it is not). Sorry about the length, but I hope you enjoy my information!
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