Natural Selection and what it didn\'t do for dogs... (Evolution)

by David Turell , Saturday, January 23, 2010, 05:00 (5417 days ago) @ xeno6696

In light of some of our recent discussions lets take a look at this link:
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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100120093525.htm
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> Artificial selection by humans was able to coax a Pug out of what originally started as a wolf, and according to this study--shows that selection alone can cause a drastic amount of variation within a very short period of time. -
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> Any thoughts?-See 'this one's for david' response of mine on Sat. 00:53; we have a different take. Intelligent selection is much faster than natural selection and much more definitive in rapid changes. Natural Selection is passive, and works only on what variety is offered to it.