Speciation of the Poorly Drawn Wire Head Creature.
Many people do not understand Charles Darwin’s “Origin of Species” or speciation, because people like to over explain things. I mean I could blab on and on about Darwin’s finches and how they relate to the theory of evolution, but most people don’t care enough to have an hour long lecture about the different species of finches on the Galapagos islands. Hell, I’m an Anthropology major and even I found it totally dull. That says a lot, coming from a guy who get his kicks cataloging archeological artifacts. The following is my easy to read solution to defining natural selection and explaining speciation on the world wide web.
First members of the Poorly Drawn Species are separated geographically. This can be caused by climatic changes, separation (River/Ocean), migration, forced movement.
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Original Habitat |
Watery Habitat |
Predator Infested Habitat |
Cold Habitat |
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| No Change! | Due to Natural Selection, a Poorly with a mutation that gives it more pointy ears makes it a better swimmer in this new environment. The Poorlies with this mutation, out perform the other Poorlies making it a better breeder. Over time the Poorlies with this Mutation breed out the original Poorlies | Due to Natural Selection, a Poorly with a mutation that gives it bigger ears, can hear predators better than the other Poorlies making it a better breeder in this new environment. Over time the Poorlies with this Mutation breed out the original Poorlies | Due to Natural Selection, a Poorly with a mutation that gives it smaller ears makes it better at avoiding frost bite in the new environment. The Poorlies with this mutation out perform the other Poorlies making it a better breeder. Over time the Poorlies with this Mutation breed out the original Poorlies | |||
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| No Change! | Over a million years and being isolated from the original poorly population, these Poorlies continue to mutate in the new environment. | Over a million years and being isolated from the original poorly population, these Poorlies continue to mutate in the new environment. | Over a million years and being isolated from the original poorly population, these Poorlies continue to mutate in the new environment. | |||
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The DNA has mutated between these Poorlies so much that they are no longer able to breed.
