Hi everyone, I just joined this list about a week ago and haven't introduced
myself yet. I'm Melody McConnell, an ASA member. Currently I am a stay at
home wife and mom with an 11-month old son but I used to be kind of a
molecular biologist. I have a master's degree in genomics. I might not be
saying much on this list because it seems like you all know a lot more than
me, but I am enjoying reading some of the threads, and I might have
something to add every now and then.
In regards to this topic, I just wanted to mention that in my undergraduate
evolution class we learned the terms macroevolution and microevolution.
According to my professor, microevolution was change at the species level
and below and macroevolution was change above the level of species.
Which might be kind of an arbitrary division but yes, modern (I just took
this class maybe four or five years ago) science students are being taught
these terms.
-Melody
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Dehler, Bernie <bernie.dehler@intel.com>
wrote:
> I was also surprised, at first, to hear a modern science book speak of
> micro/macro evolution. Then, it seems like I hear some other scientists
> saying it, like the Gould quote. But then there's the wiki quote saying
> it is unintelligible. It makes me wonder what the real modern science
> stance is with these two terms, or if there is consensus.
>
>
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