Test your knowledge of evolutionary theory

Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swau.edu)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:40:18 -0800

Quiz for Evolution net subscribers: Test your understanding of modern
evolutionary theory:

Modern evolutionary theory now recognizes that evolution:

a. moves toward a more perfect state and toward greater complexity.
b. moves toward a more perfect state, but does not always move toward a
greater complexity.
c. does not move toward a more perfect state but does move toward greater
complexity.
d. does not move toward a more perfect state nor even toward greater
complexity.
e. is driven by inheritance of acquired characteristics.

The correct answer according to the test bank that comes with Solomon
et.al. (Saunders) is:

d. does not move toward a more perfect state nor even toward greater
complexity.

Now if we could only get evolutionists (or even the writers of the
textbooks) to recognize that!

Another question: So just what does evolutionary theory recognize that
evolution does, anyway?
Art
http://biology.swau.edu