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Definition of Evolution

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09-01-2007 2:12 AM 		Reply to: Message 112 by Clark
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Re: Don't understand
Why isn't common ancestry a part of the definition of evolution?
That falls more under the definition of the Theory of Evolution. What is being defined here is the mechanism of evolution, the process that produced the various species from the common ancestor.
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