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Author Topic:   Evolution - small to big?
mark24
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Message 6 of 40 (53550)
09-02-2003 6:57 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by hoju
09-02-2003 5:45 PM


hoju,
Doesnt evolution say that modern day animals evolved from smaller animals, just to put it in basic terms at the start there were small things and they became larger more complex things due to evolution
Your premise is false. Evolution doesn't say things get have to get larger, or more complex, for that matter. It is a general observation that after mass extinctions the fauna that survives grows larger, probably due to ecological release.
There are horse lineages that get smaller whilst others are getting larger, in contradiction of your statement.
Mark
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mark24
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Message 31 of 40 (56674)
09-20-2003 4:50 PM
Reply to: Message 29 by NosyNed
09-20-2003 3:36 PM


Re: Primative is First
Ned,
If there are more available niches for large animals why do they go extinct more? If there are more niches for large animals why are the smaller animals more numerous and with more diversity?
Their physically large size means a relatively low population size, which makes them vulnerable.
Mark

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