Definition of Biologic evolution
Biologic evolution: Biologic evolution was contrasted
with cultural (social) evolution in 1968 by A.G. Motulsky who pointed
out that biologic evolution is mediated by genes, shows a slow rate
of change, employs random variation (mutations) and selection as
agents of change, new variants are often harmful, these new variants
are transmitted from parents to offspring, the mode of transmission
is simple, complexity is achieved by the rare formation of new genes
by chromosome duplication, biologic evolution occurs with all forms
of life, and the biology of humans requires cultural evolution.
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