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Old 02-08-2002, 08:06 AM   #1
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Post Predators Drive Evolution Of Virtual Prey Appearance

check this out

<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/02/020208075727.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/02/020208075727.htm</a>
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That is an awesome article, butswana.

Here's a good highlight:
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"What we found is that the moths not only get more difficult to find when the birds are searching for them, but they also get significantly more diverse than you would expect on the basis of a similar predatory process that didn't involve searching images," Bond said. "The fact that the birds are looking for something similar to what they've seen before actually encourages the development of novel-appearing moths."
Douglas, where are you? Still don't believe in "natural selection"?

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I think Helen might need to look at this too. She was complaining on BaptistBoard that selection does not encourage novelty. I countered with Scottish Folds.

Of course, the creationists will complain that it was a computer similation and not representative of th real world.

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Man, even Kent friggin' Hovind believes in natural selection! It's self-evident, a logically necessary situation. If you have life, you have natural selection.
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Of course, the creationists will complain that it was a computer similation and not representative of th real world
Ah, the great conundrum of creationism:

"Evolution isn't science because it can't be reproduced in a lab... and if it is, it isn't evolution because it didn't happen in nature!"

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