Glad you see it, SoSick.

As we noted previously you can find reference to "variation and adaptation" on virtually any creationist website that tries to downplay the reality of evolution, as does this article.

So we'll stay in the "safe zone" and use "variation and adaptation" instead of "evolution," and we'll even further limit it to being hereditary within a population, and we'll look at changes from generation to generation for trends in adaptation.

In other words we will discuss the process where [color:"purple"]'variation and adaptation' is the change in hereditary traits in populations from generation to generation[/color] (not just any variation or any adaptation).

We note that every generation, of every population, of every species, observed to date has shown plentiful variation, both in their basic physical hereditary traits (size, color, proportions, etc) and in their relative adaptation to a variable ecology (some years dry some years wet for example, and some better adapted to dry and some better adapted to wet due to those variations within the population).

This is a fact of life.

We note further that the amount of variation exceeds that necessary to adapt the species to the average ecology, so that they can be adapted to survive extreme conditions common in long term trends (seasons, droughts, floods, etc).

This too is a fact of life.

The better adapted individuals in every generation -- the living, healthy and well-fed ones --will make up the majority of those who succeed in breeding and having offspring, and thus be better at passing on their hereditary variations and adaptations to the next generation - especially compared to the dead, sick and malnourished individuals.

This is another fact of life.

Maybe we'll get there -- if you stick around for it.

Enjoy.

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