Genetic Drift/Migration is always listed among the mechanisms of evolution, but can new kinds of plants or animals come into being merely because some that already exist wander off? This topic leads into a discussion of “Changes in Allele Frequency” which is both proposed as a mechanism of, and a definition for evolution, and fails in both categories. Once again, rubber ducks are called upon to clarify the science involved.
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