Skeptic Salamander @skepticsalamanderacct@qoto.org

@shadowsonawall Don't let creationists fool you. They love the terms "microevolution" and "macroevolution," but in reality evolution is just an ongoing process.

Given enough time, it makes sense that small changes will turn into big changes. If you start at the color orange and move about the color spectrum, it's not going to become different shades of orange forever, it eventually is going to become red.

No scientist takes creationists seriously. They are agenda-driven by their religion and anti-science.

I recommend "Why Evolution Is True" By Jerry Coyne. Great resource.

Also this is a great (and huge) resource -
http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/index.html

@shadowsonawall Speciation occurs when a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics. The demands of a different environment or the characteristics of the members of the new group will differentiate the new species from their ancestors.

This takes a really long time however. An example is the evolution of ancient land mammals (artiodactyls) to whales.

And there's a breaking point in which a species can no longer breed with an ancient ancestor. We don't know how far back that is. It could be over 1 to 2 million years ago for that breakout point in Hominins. For example, I doubt that we could have bred with Australopithecus afarensis.

@shadowsonawall Can you perhaps rephrase your original question? Thanks!

@shadowsonawall Thanks I'm glad you enjoy the series. I think I understand what you're asking, but if my response doesn't answer your question, please let me know. Note that evolution occurs in groups, and usually full on speciation occurs over many generations. For example, Canis lupus familiaris (domestic dogs) can mate with Canis lupus (Gray wolves). Modern domestic dogs are descendants from ancient wolves. (We used to think that they were descended from Gray wolves, but later research refuted that). For another example, there's evidence that Homo sapiens (our species) mated with both Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis, both considered transitional forms on the way to humans. Did this help?

@romandlg Thank you so much friend!

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