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It criticizes how microevolution and macroevolution are commonly defined at the species level rather than at the DNA information level, and it highlights the omission of causal agency. 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Nelson  \nCorrectly defined words are essential for understanding evolution. Confusion reigns because microevolution and macroevolution are defined at the level of species rather than at the level of DNA. Causative agency is frequently ignored or ascribed to naturalistic mechanisms without supporting evidence. Biological relationships do not reveal causal agency in DNA alterations. Natural selection refers to the elimination of inferior individuals and not to the production of abundant protein variations. Methodological naturalism is only an approximation of how the universe usually runs. No scientific theory of evolution exists. Intelligent design and natural science are separate entities. Biology is composed of scientific systems and nonscientific origins.  \nMicroevolution and macroevolution must be defined such that each reflects the complexity of the change in  \nthe information occurring atthe level of DNA.  \nU  \nnderstanding the field of evolution requires a unique vocabulary. Unfortunately, the current vocabulary  \nincludes words, which are inappropriately defined. Also, some standard definitions are simply ignored. This vocabulary has created the greatest confusion in the debate concerning biological origins.  \nMicroevolution,  \nMacroevolution, and DNA Charles Darwin stated that evolution was“descent with modification through variation and natural selection.”1 This definition had two fundamental deficiencies, for it stated neither the cause of the modifications nor the site of the modifications. Since descent began with the initial replication, Darwin’s definition excluded the evolution of the first cell.  \nUnfortunately, modern definitions fare no better. In 2001, Ernst Mayr, the late Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard  \nFredric Nelson is a pediatrician and has been in private practice in Philadelphia for the past 25 years. In 1965, he received his BA degree from St. Olaf College and, in 1969, his MD degree from the University of Minnesota. He spent two years on active duty in the US Naval Reserve and three years in pediatric residency at the Boston Floating Hospital. [At one time, it really did float.] Fred focused on evolution in 1998 after the National Academy of Sciences published Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science, for this monograph was truly unscientific in handling definitions, data, and logic. Fred is married to Christine and has four children— the eldest married and the three younger being homeschooled. The family attends Crossroads Community Church in Upper Darby. Fred can be reached at: Rethinking Evolution, PO Box 1145, Lansdowne, PA 19050 .  \nUniversity, defined microevolution as evolution at or below the level of species and defined macroevolution as evolution above the level of species including the evolution of higher taxa and the production of new structures and other evolutionary novelties.2 In 2002, John Rennie, senior editor for Scientific American, defined microevolution as changes within species over time and macroevolution as changes in taxonomic groups above the level of species over time.3 As with Darwin’s definition, these modern definitions state neither the cause of the modifications nor the site of the modifications, and they also exclude the evolution of the first cell.  \nEvolutionary change occurs at the level of DNA. Microevolution and macroevolution must be defined such that each reflects the complexity of the change in the information occurring at the level of DNA. Further, each must have a modifier that states the causal agency of the change.  \nMicroevolution is best defined as an alteration of the information present within DNA molecules, which already exist and already function. Causal agency in microevolution could be natural causes, genetic engineering by scientists or aliens, or supernatural genetic engineering, hereafte","cbCaint20UW76uM6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaint20UW76uM6","pdf",271128,"English","# Needed: A New Vocabulary for Understanding Evolution\n## Critique of existing definitions\n## Evolution at the level of DNA\n## Proposed definitions of microevolution and macroevolution\n## Examples and evolutionary first cell discussion","[{\"question\":\"Why does the author claim existing vocabulary causes confusion in evolution debates?\",\"answer\":\"The author argues that standard definitions are improperly specified, often defined at the species level instead of the DNA level, and that some definitions are ignored, leading to misunderstanding.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the author redefine microevolution?\",\"answer\":\"Microevolution is defined as an alteration of information present within DNA molecules that already exist and already function, including possible causal agency such as natural causes or intelligent design.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the author redefine macroevolution?\",\"answer\":\"Macroevolution is defined as the generation of new, coherent, and comprehensive information within DNA molecules, again requiring an explicit causal agency and addressing how such information did not previously exist in nature.\"}]","Needed - A New Vocabulary for Understanding Evolution | PDF",1790884733,23]