Two sea stars evolved into independent species in extraordinarily little time, a genetic study indicates.
By examining differences in the genetic codes of two closely related “cushion stars,” researchers concluded ancestors of the two species stopped interbreeding as little as 6,000 years ago.
This qualifies as “one of the fastest known marine speciation events,” write the authors, referring to the creation of new species.
Cool… but science doesn’t prove anything…
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Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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As far as I can see there was no mention of evolution having stopped so I expect you were simply making a political point. I feel sure most major evolutionary steps occur due to dramatic DNA changes where the result is viable.
Indeed I was being humorous..