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Originally Posted by MHDTV
Actually I started 7th grade today. Do you know what causes evolution? Theoretically anyway.
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Mutations of DNA, followed by continuation of the strain if the organism survives and reproduces and spread of the new mutation if it gives the organism a survival benefit.
Evolution = Continuation of beneficial mutations.
Modern knowledge of evolution is not to be confused with Darwinism, which is like confusing modern quantum physics with Newton's work. Newton and Darwin were both geniuses (Newton much more so) but there were still a LOT of flaws in their work - they were only individual people after all and access to scientific literature, computers and other electronic research aids was a bit thin on the ground, so they had to make do with levers, pulleys and drawing pictures of finches. Which is kind of limiting.