How does evolution work?

[Meatros]

Here are some links for you:
Talk Origin’s Intro to Evo: (The grand-daddy evo site).
How Stuff Works evo page.:(to tell the truth, I’m not entirely pleased by their presentation of evolution, but it’s a good general overview).
National Academies of Science, why teach evolution page: (you can read it online).
Timeline for evolutionary thought.:(While not exactly keeping with the basics of the theory, it’s a good history-it’s not finished quite yet though).

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[Meatros]

FTR-those ‘frowny faces’ shouldn’t be there.

[Apoptosis]

Hey friedo:

Most mutations are bad – it’s only a very few that cause interesting new things to happen.

This is a common misconception. As AndrewL indicated, most mutations are totally neutral with regards to the survival of the oraganism. If, instead of mutation, you meant “mutation that results in a new phenotype that has some impact on survival,” I’d agree with you.

-Apoptosis

[owlofcreamcheese]

simple answer:

you look alot like your dad, if your dad didn’t die before you were born then there are more people in the world that look like your dad, if someone has lots of kids that don’t die then lots of people look like your dad

[Bryan_Ekers]

*Originally posted by owlofcreamcheese *
**simple answer:

you look alot like your dad, if your dad didn’t die before you were born then there are more people in the world that look like your dad, if someone has lots of kids that don’t die then lots of people look like your dad **

Spluh? Maybe that’s a little too simple becuase I can’t make head or tail out of it.