ChinaBun
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There's a story about an example of microevolution occurring among rabbits on an island. I've googled to get more details and can't find it. All that I remember is that a farmer wanted to raise rabbits on an island off the coast of ??? (South Carolina, England, somewhere else?). He put the rabbits there, then for some reason had to return to the mainland and didn't return. Years later someone went to he island and the rabbits had changed. I think they started out as large white bunnies, and evolved into small brown bunnies as they adapted to a different environment over the years.
I sometimes talk informally to people here about evolution. I don't believe in macroevolution, but of course I believe in microevolution and give this as an example, since usually my listeners know that I like rabbits. I would like to read about this so that I can give more correct details. I did a google search using "rabbits, evolution, island" and didn't find the story. Does anyone have a link to the story, or can you give me more search words to use?
And no, I don't talk about this in class. Well, only once when a student asked what I thought about the origin of people. I said that in the US public schools we are taught the same thing that you are taught, but that doesn't reflect the beliefs of 100% of Americans.
However, this is not the place for an evolution debate! Let's talk about rabbits on an island!
Nancy
I sometimes talk informally to people here about evolution. I don't believe in macroevolution, but of course I believe in microevolution and give this as an example, since usually my listeners know that I like rabbits. I would like to read about this so that I can give more correct details. I did a google search using "rabbits, evolution, island" and didn't find the story. Does anyone have a link to the story, or can you give me more search words to use?
And no, I don't talk about this in class. Well, only once when a student asked what I thought about the origin of people. I said that in the US public schools we are taught the same thing that you are taught, but that doesn't reflect the beliefs of 100% of Americans.
However, this is not the place for an evolution debate! Let's talk about rabbits on an island!
Nancy