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1.That is not the extent of the Theory. Do not use evidence for one aspect to back up the whole. 2. They are adaptations. They are a species with adaptations developing in newer generations. You can't just say that it changed species on a whim and then go so far as to dictate the order in which every species evolved because of the many assumptions that come with that and the difference in biology is drastic between something that all species are supposedly subject too.
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  • I'm not dictating the order of anything, things adapt to their environment. Eventually after future adaptations they cannot produce offspring with the original species, making them a new species by definition, that is not an assumption, that is an observation.

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  • You are arguing the for the theory which does in fact dictate the order of many species. Conversely you are agreeing with the theories order when you attempt to defend it. Ring species have a key problem in their definition as it implies the whole ring is one species even when not all individuals in the species could interbreed with neighboring populations at all. If you choose to think of the ring species as the population then the problem comes from the fact that it can interbreed with neighboring populations. There is no observation when the very definition of what is presumably a species doesn't even fit the definition of a species.

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  • No its the end results from each branch that cannot interbreed making them a separate species. There is not a problem in the fact that each end species can interbreed with the neighboring population. Its that at the end there are two different species, thats undeniable. They cannot interbreed and have offspring, so they are not a species by the definition of a species.

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  • Ring species are anomalies by definition. You cannot use anomalies to explain the natural phenomenon that all species are subject too and assume that all species would be subject to this observation. There is no evidence of this being universal.

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  • Ring species are not anomalies, they are natural examples of one species branching off resulting in a different species, this has happened in many different species. Genes and DNA confirm that Humans share a common ancestor with chimps and bonobos. Ring species just shows that it does happen in nature, not that it theoretically could happen.

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  • Edited by Spookas Vilkas : 3/18/2015 6:26:49 AM
    Ring species are most certainly anomalies. These supposed new species only occur when they are isolated which results in a reduction of genetic diversity. If this is the example of what happened for every species then every species would have reached a point where reproduction is not possible at all and species today would be less complex than the single celled organisms we developed from according to evolution. If this is your definitive evidence then we more biologically advanced in the past.

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  • No, all that ring species show is that one organism can change into another one, ring species are just a very specific example.

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