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macroevolution - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
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noun life , including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions .
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noun
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macro- + evolution
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One of the questions that came up was about the claim that the term macroevolution is not a legitimate scientific term.
Evolution News & Views 2009
One of the questions that came up was about the claim that the term macroevolution is not a legitimate scientific term.
Evolution News & Views 2009
The opposite position to Gould's is the one taken by Simon Conway Morris, who has argued that there is so little "accidental-ness" and historical contingency in macroevolution that we would still appear near the end of each run, regardless of what environmental changes occurred in each run.
A Good Saturday Evening Flick 2009
More response for Mung on that quote – the evidence for common descent and macroevolution is vast, across an enormous amount of data.
But it's not Science! 2006
More response for Mung on that quote – the evidence for common descent and macroevolution is vast, across an enormous amount of data.
But it's not Science! 2006
Talkorigins 'evidence for macroevolution ' is a red herring.
Demarcation as Politics 2006
So the claim that macroevolution is possible is unfalsifiable?
When Mixing Science and Theology is OK 2005
So the claim that macroevolution is possible is unfalsifiable?
When Mixing Science and Theology is OK 2005
Certainly Creation Ministries International and Answers in Genesis do not use the term, and specifically recommend against using the terms macroevolution and microevolution on these grounds, so I expect they would say the same about
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Thinker 2010
Certainly Creation Ministries International and Answers in Genesis do not use the term, and specifically recommend against using the terms macroevolution and microevolution on these grounds, so I expect they would say the same about
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Tsommer 2010
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