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other than micro and macro evolution?
Is there a kind of biological evolution neither macro nor micro?
Please give example with explanation.
Thanks.
4 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
My population biology professor called it "intermediate evolution" and the examples he used were wolves -> dogs and teosinte -> corn. These are evolutionary changes in other species that took place over a period of time long enough to require generations of humans to observe them. It's basically more than just a change in allele frequencies, but less than the full "goo to you" scenario.
Note that I've never heard anyone else use this term. You should just forget it.
- Anonymous8 years ago
This categorical viewpoint on evolution grinds the gears of professional biologists like myself. There is EVOLUTION, plain and simple. Some organisms have a slower rate of evolution because their generation time is longer (humans live 80 years); while other species have a faster rate of evolution because their generation time is shorter (bacteria can regenerate in minutes). There is no micro or macro, just evolution.
- CRRLv 78 years ago
Devolution.
There is an implied direction in evolution from simple to complex; e.g. muck > microbes > mammals > man.
Devolution moves in the reverse direction.