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Biological Anthropology 2nd Edition by Agustin Fuentes
Edition 2ISBN: 978-0078117008Biological Anthropology 2nd Edition by Agustin Fuentes
Edition 2ISBN: 978-0078117008 Exercise 1
In what ways does an explanation for existing organic variation like natural selection differ from an explanation like the origin stories in Genesis? Are the two types of explanations always mutually exclusive?
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The general notion of natural selection, according the Charles Darwin, rest in the fact that organic variations arise from existing traits of individuals in a population, which are passed onto offspring. The ability to pass on physical traits onto offspring is dependent upon the success of reproduction. In turn, the ability to reproduce is based upon how fit individuals are in a given environment.
In Judeo-Christian beliefs, the Bible and the book of Genesis states that God created the heavens and the earth in 7 days. In the book of Genesis, God created all living things on the earth, including humans in God's own image, resting on the 7 th day.
There are a few differences between the notion of natural selection and its explanation of organic variations, as it compares to the origin stories of the book of Genesis:
• The explanation of organic variations by way of natural selection emphasizes the evolutionary process as gradual changes over time. Species evolve and adapt to environmental pressures, in time, to develop into evolved species that are better adapted to survive those environmental pressures. In the Judeo-Christian belief, there is no gradual change as everything that exists in the world, was created exactly as it is now-all within a fixed time of 6 days (with God resting on the 7 th day), according to the bible.
• The vast majority of people in the 18 th and 19 th century were culturally inclined to believe in the teachings of the bible, thereby embracing its literal translations. The idea of the world and all its living things being created within 7 days was a socially accepted norm. Natural selection and the theory of evolution went against this social norm.
Although both explanations of natural selection and the book of Genesis are conceptually different, they do not have to be mutually exclusive. If one infers that the book of Genesis and the origin stories are not literal but that of moral and philosophical comments, and if one can comprehend that evolution and natural selection is a process of life changing over time, both concepts do not have to be mutually exclusive of one another.
In Judeo-Christian beliefs, the Bible and the book of Genesis states that God created the heavens and the earth in 7 days. In the book of Genesis, God created all living things on the earth, including humans in God's own image, resting on the 7 th day.
There are a few differences between the notion of natural selection and its explanation of organic variations, as it compares to the origin stories of the book of Genesis:
• The explanation of organic variations by way of natural selection emphasizes the evolutionary process as gradual changes over time. Species evolve and adapt to environmental pressures, in time, to develop into evolved species that are better adapted to survive those environmental pressures. In the Judeo-Christian belief, there is no gradual change as everything that exists in the world, was created exactly as it is now-all within a fixed time of 6 days (with God resting on the 7 th day), according to the bible.
• The vast majority of people in the 18 th and 19 th century were culturally inclined to believe in the teachings of the bible, thereby embracing its literal translations. The idea of the world and all its living things being created within 7 days was a socially accepted norm. Natural selection and the theory of evolution went against this social norm.
Although both explanations of natural selection and the book of Genesis are conceptually different, they do not have to be mutually exclusive. If one infers that the book of Genesis and the origin stories are not literal but that of moral and philosophical comments, and if one can comprehend that evolution and natural selection is a process of life changing over time, both concepts do not have to be mutually exclusive of one another.
Biological Anthropology 2nd Edition by Agustin Fuentes
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