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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Out of curiosity, what's the difference between evolutionary theory and Darwinian evolutionary theory, the way you see it? I'm just wondering; I'm no expert, but as far as I know the doctrine of natural selection and speciation, which are the two basic tenets of Darwinian thought, are still the basic paradigms through which evolution occurred.
Also, one point of clarification: we didn't "come from" apes. We ARE Apes. Just a pet peeve.  |
Darwin didn't know about genetics. The subject really only started in in the early 1900's. Most of evolutionary theory is based on allele frequency changes, mutation, genetic drift and at least 5 other major topics I forget...