Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!hes From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Natural-Artificial Selection: was Re: Evolution vs.(?) Creationism Message-ID: <2468@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 14-Dec-86 14:04:35 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2468 Posted: Sun Dec 14 14:04:35 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 18:39:50 EST References: <2778@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> <1260@cybvax0.UUCP> <634@astroatc.UUCP> <737@aecom.UUCP> Organization: NC State Univ. Lines: 7 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