re: A Scientific dissent from Darwin

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I'm not saying flora and fauna doesn't adapt and change physically, but if these organism change this infinitesimal amount over tens of millions of years, how did we go from monkeys to humans in just 3 million years?

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How did we go from wolves to chihuahuas in only a few thousand years? It's all about the selective pressures.

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Is evolution partial to higher order intelligence

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Evolution is only "partial" to organisms that survive long enough to reproduce.

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do higher order animals evolve faster?

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No, bacteria and viruses win that race easily by sheer numbers. But while you might look at two bacteria that are miles apart genetically and say they look the same, a dog might look at us and think "looks like an ape to me". And he'd be right.