Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.
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I did not claim that every genetic change in a founder population is a genetic revolution. Evidently it requires a special constellation for the occurrence of a more drastic genetic reorganization.
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As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists of the two simultaneous but quite separate phenomena of adaptation and diversification.
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Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species.
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Evolution is no longer necessarily progressive it no longer strives toward perfection or any other goal. It is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
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