Re:The axolotl has nearly disappeared from its natural habitat
by ekianjo on Saturday November 18, 2017 @09:46PM
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That's not how evolution works at all. Evolution is not about mutations and genetic changes, it's about who is the fittest for their current environment. It can happen, very, very fast, like when new species are introduced in an environment. This can be observed in Australia with several species that were imported with human interactions. That counts as Evolution as well.
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Re:The axolotl has nearly disappeared from its natural habitat
by bipson on Sunday November 19, 2017 @02:52AM
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I think you're wrong, the theory of evolution has been suffering under the oversimplification that is 'survival of the fittest', that also led to e.g. Social Darwinism, which is dangerous and completely bogus.
Evolution Darwin already knew (and even more so we nowadays know) is a complex mechanism, that includes favoritism of certain traits of species over others, which steers a species' fitness for the environment, and several factors play various roles, e.g. epi-genetics.
Re:The axolotl has nearly disappeared from its natural habitat
by agumonkey on Saturday November 18, 2017 @10:04PM
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Aren't you distorting the concept ? if no axolotl is fit to survive in the current wild, then that's it, no more axolotl. Evolution is not only filtering but also adapting, and it takes reproduction to do whatever (be it gene shuffling or else) to improve fitness.