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<blockquote data-quote="newusername" data-source="post: 6155641" data-attributes="member: 562064">Those exact same traits are not likely to result from random mutation, though they could.&nbsp; With that said, completely new traits can come from random mutation.&nbsp; Your argument that no new information occurs in evolution is simply false on its face.The micro/macro distinction is nonsense and only a way of distinguishing time.Let me ask you: what does &quot;micro-evolution&quot; do over millions and millions of years?&nbsp; What is the &quot;wall&quot; that prevents &quot;macro-evolution&quot; from occurring?&nbsp; What is this regulating system that keeps the species from changing any more, and what prevents it from further evolving?&nbsp; Part of this thinking comes from people who still think that evolution means a monkey gave birth to a human.Macro-evolution (or the idea of common ancestry) is overwhelmingly supported by the evidence available.&nbsp; Not only do we have historical evidence of past speciation, we also have current evidence that speciation has occurred, most notably in fruit flies, some plants, and some fish.&nbsp; This was OBSERVED SPECIATION.&nbsp; You can&#039;t deny that it is possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="newusername, post: 6155641, member: 562064"] Those exact same traits are not likely to result from random mutation, though they could. With that said, completely new traits can come from random mutation. Your argument that no new information occurs in evolution is simply false on its face. The micro/macro distinction is nonsense and only a way of distinguishing time. Let me ask you: what does "micro-evolution" do over millions and millions of years? What is the "wall" that prevents "macro-evolution" from occurring? What is this regulating system that keeps the species from changing any more, and what prevents it from further evolving? Part of this thinking comes from people who still think that evolution means a monkey gave birth to a human. Macro-evolution (or the idea of common ancestry) is overwhelmingly supported by the evidence available. Not only do we have historical evidence of past speciation, we also have current evidence that speciation has occurred, most notably in fruit flies, some plants, and some fish. This was OBSERVED SPECIATION. You can't deny that it is possible. [/QUOTE]

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