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New Findings Confirm Darwin's Theory — Evolution Not Random

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the water-also-wet dept.

ScienceDaily is reporting a team of biologists has demonstrated that evolution is a deterministic process, rather than a random selection as some competing theories suggested. "When the researchers measured changes in 40 defined characteristics of the nematodes' sexual organs (including cell division patterns and the formation of specific cells), they found that most were uniform in direction, with the main mechanism for the development favoring a natural selection of successful traits, the researchers said."

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  1. I thought God... by ducomputergeek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...not only plays dice, but sometimes throws them where we can't see?

    Or Does God use the same random number generator that XP does?
    I probably should have stopped after the first comment...

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  2. Inquiring minds wish to know... by megaditto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Given that the worm penises kept evolving one way... Is Bigger still Better?

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