Expelled

[Gnomad]

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Yay!

[TheRuleofThree]

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This is an old topic and I could have started a new one, but since it applies I thought I'd post it here. But it's relevant enough to start a new topic.

Scientists have now observed, for the first time, the actual process of evolution in a laboratory setting.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn14094-bacteria-make-major-evolutionary-shift-in-the-lab.html

A colony of E. Coli bacteria took more than 38,000 generations to make a single shift, but that shift was noticeable and important - the ability to metabolize citrate.

Please read the article. This is important for anyone who thinks that evolution is just an idea and isn't something demonstrable.

[BuddyGoodness]

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very interesting

[Ars Sycro]

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I thought it had previously been observed in bacteria.

[TheRuleofThree]

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I thought it had previously been observed in bacteria.

Microevolution had, but a major evolution such as this has not.

[fuckyeahfinnegan]

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I don't understand. If you contend that microevolution happens, what's the problem with macroevolution?

[TheRuleofThree]

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Me or Josh?

Because I believe that both do.