JimBlob

Why are the posts here so old? I so wanted to respond to this but nobody is listening.

I'm merely a student of evolutionary biology but this article reads like an alarmist piece. And because it's not peer reviewed it carries no weight with me. I suspect were it presented for scrutiny we would find that most mutations are harmless and any harmful ones eliminated quickly. If the opposite were true many species would be seriously hindered since only a limited amount of offspring would survive to reach sexual maturity. Perhaps humans have found a way to increase harmful variations within our own genus but it's only because those born with defects in fitness reach sexual maturity instead of being eliminated. If natural selection is not permitted to function the fitness of any species will suffer.

I've spent a lot of time discussing the evolution vs creation debate with many believers and have put it to rest as a topic not worthy of consideration. There are far too many new developments in evolutionary biology to waste time with something like this.