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Darwin's Criticisms Of Microevolution

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Evolution, as it relates to genetic coding through the frequency of alleles, is defined as; A change in allele frequency in a population over time. Darwin has provided the mechanism for this type of evolution through his work,” the origin of species”. At this point, I would like to take a minute to note that Darwin observed what is sometimes referred to as microevolution. He saw the change and effects of allele frequency changing due to environmental change. However, a bird remained a bird and a giraffe is still a giraffe. Speciation (macroevolution) has never been observed. Several criticisms of this theory have arisen over the decades. The age of the Earth for one, while intelligent design, using a literal interpretation

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