Science, Creation & EvolutionEvolution vs. Intelligent Design for DummiesThey are indeed. They just don't have anything to do with evolutionary theory. It assumes life began, but doesn't make any claims how. It assumes living things exist. A pretty solid assumption, if you ask me. As far as how they came to be, evolution is indifferent to the way the first organisms got here. If God just "poofed" them, that would be fine with evolutionary theory. That's a great question. And it's not always easy to calculate the specfic advantages and disadvantages in every instance. In general, sexual reproduction means more variation in the population, which is almost always a good thing. It means that catastrophes like a sudden lethal disease is unlikely to take the entire population. It also means that harmful mutations tend to be less damaging to the population. And it enhances the spread of useful mutations in a population. On the other hand, where the envirionment is severe and unchanging, variation is not such a good thing. There are many ways biologists and mathematicians have worked out to assess the relative benefits. Even bacteria have evolved ways of sexual reproduction to move genes around. Mostly the reduced need for maternal care. Don't have to leave the kids. There are two basic strategies; have lots and lots of offspring, and hope a few survive, or have just a few and take great care of them. It wasn't. In prebiotic conditions, a lot of organic materials appear, such as amino acids and the like. It's not part of evolutionary theory, of course, and if God just used supernatural means to make the first living things, that would be fine with the theory. |
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