This question is about evolution.
So here is the situation, what if with the money and time, we took a species( can be from an ant to an elephant) and placed it in an environment that is best suited for its survival. Alright, now we divide that species in half(group a and group b) group a will be in environment ideal for its survival and group b will be placed into a new environment which will change its genetic makeup and over time become a new sub species. Now lets take group b and place it into an environment that is the same as group a and wait for group b to be just as well adapted as group a is. Now here is the question, will group a and b( now sharing similar genes again) be able to be considered the same species and be able to repopulate?
Evolution question?( Long but please read!)?
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- 3+ months ago by Anonymous
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- elephant, money, evolution, read, ant, species, question, time
Responses (3)
That depends on if they're able and willing to make. According to the theory of evolution, if they can mate and produce viable offspring their the same species. But as you said, they're subspecies, which would mean it's only micro-evolution (in my honest opinion the only real form of evolution) no macro-evolution, so yes, they should be able to.
Perhaps, but there is more than one way to evolve. Adaptation may be reached with multiple solutions; so there is a chance they could be similar enough to procreate, but they may have developed two completely different adaptations which may leave them unable to procreate.
In my opinion YES. Now I was watching a documentary that was 75 years old & it showed a certain kind of fish that was 4 feet long & had 6 gills. They have one in a museum. Now divers were taking pictures off land not to far from South Africa 400 feet deep & filmed a fish I describe early & their information said it was alive 50 Million years ago, but watching these pictures makes me wonder if many know what their doing since its alive now. So much for evolution. Mike