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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Natural-Artificial Selection: was Re: Evolution vs.(?) Creationism
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Date: Sun, 14-Dec-86 14:04:35 EST
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Summary: "natural" and "artificial" selection are *defined* by whether or not humans are applying the selection pressure

This doesn't mean that the biological mechanisms of a response to the
selective pressure are different.  Therefore the distinction is not
relevant to a discussion of creation vs. evolution.  However it is
often convenient to make this distinction when discussing, e.g. the
evolution of crop plants, in which there was a combination of both
natural selection and artificial selection.  So we have both terms.
--henry schaffer  n c state univ