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Created on 2002-07-20 15:23:26 (#637560), last updated 2009-03-26
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Basic Info| Name: | The Community for Evolutionary Discussion |
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| Location: | United States |
| Membership: | Open |
| Posting Access: | All Members |
AboutThis is a community where people can come to speak freely about subjects that relate to the theory of biological evolution. Evolution is arguably the most significant scientific discovery in the history of humankind. It unifies and explains nearly every observable phenomena in the broad field of biology, something that many other scientific theories in the other natural sciences can't claim to do. Any questions, observations, stories, links, news, and the like can all be addressed here.
Note: Due to (not so) recent events, I unfortunately feel it necessary to note the following. Despite the fact that the dialectic of evolution vs. creation is a dead horse that has been thoroughly beaten, people still feel it very necessary to discuss it (and only it) when the word evolution is mentioned. This community was not intended to address that topic alone! While this subject is certainly relevant and deserves to be discussed, I would rather keep it at the periphery of discussion. This community was intended to be a forum about findings and theories surrounding the science of evolutionary biology. I apologize to anyone who was confused. I take full responsibility for the confusion.
With that said, I would also like to note that this is not a community of abuse. I did not start this community as a religion bashing forum, so please do not turn it into one. People who subscribe to evolutionary theory, if anything, need to address the questions and observations of those who are creationists (aka intelligent design). Everyone has the right to think/believe as they see fit (upon careful and rational consideration of all sides of the argument, of course) and they also have a right to defend their beliefs. However, this does not mean any one school of thought can start an outwardly malicious attack on the other. If such attacks do happen, I will personally make sure that something is done. Thus both creationists and (neo-)Darwinists are free to speak their mind, but they must keep in mind that incorrect or ignorant views will be corrected (and you may possibly even learn something new).
This community can (and will) include any and everything related to the topic of evolution or ecology. I may be biased, but I believe that these are the two most interesting subjects that biology has to offer. So speak your mind. Be heard. Listen. Teach. Learn.
"Nothing makes sense except in the light of evolution." - Thedosius Dobzhansky
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Note: Due to (not so) recent events, I unfortunately feel it necessary to note the following. Despite the fact that the dialectic of evolution vs. creation is a dead horse that has been thoroughly beaten, people still feel it very necessary to discuss it (and only it) when the word evolution is mentioned. This community was not intended to address that topic alone! While this subject is certainly relevant and deserves to be discussed, I would rather keep it at the periphery of discussion. This community was intended to be a forum about findings and theories surrounding the science of evolutionary biology. I apologize to anyone who was confused. I take full responsibility for the confusion.
With that said, I would also like to note that this is not a community of abuse. I did not start this community as a religion bashing forum, so please do not turn it into one. People who subscribe to evolutionary theory, if anything, need to address the questions and observations of those who are creationists (aka intelligent design). Everyone has the right to think/believe as they see fit (upon careful and rational consideration of all sides of the argument, of course) and they also have a right to defend their beliefs. However, this does not mean any one school of thought can start an outwardly malicious attack on the other. If such attacks do happen, I will personally make sure that something is done. Thus both creationists and (neo-)Darwinists are free to speak their mind, but they must keep in mind that incorrect or ignorant views will be corrected (and you may possibly even learn something new).
This community can (and will) include any and everything related to the topic of evolution or ecology. I may be biased, but I believe that these are the two most interesting subjects that biology has to offer. So speak your mind. Be heard. Listen. Teach. Learn.
"Nothing makes sense except in the light of evolution." - Thedosius Dobzhansky
This community is maintained by
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adaptive radiation, allelic frequency changes, allopatric speciation, artificial selection, behavioral ecology, biological communities, biological species concept, biology, charles darwin, cladistics, common ancestors, community structure, competitive exclusion, darwinism, descent with modifcation, e.o. wilson, ecological communities, ecological competition, ecological niches, ecological species concept, ecology, ecosystems, ernst mayr, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary species concept, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, fitness, fossil record, gaia theory, gene flow, genetic diversity, genetic drift, genetic variation, genetics, gregor mendel, homeotic genes, hopeful monsters, hybridization, life histories, macroevolution, microevolution, molecular biology, molecular phylogenetics, monophyletic groups, mutation, natural selection, neo-darwinism, paleontology, parapatric speciation, peripatric speciation, phyletic gradualism, phylogenetics, population genetics, post-zygotic isolating mechanisms, pre-zygotic isolating mechanisms, punctuated equilibrium, reproductive isolation, richard dawkins, sexual selection, sociobiology, speciation, speciation events, stephen jay gould, sympatric speciation, systematics, taxonomy, the modern synthesis, theistic evolutionists, theodosius dobzhansky, transitional species
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