Crux

Natural selection, processes by which genetically favorable phenotypes are more likely to be passed on to offspring is the crux for most of today’s species’ traits and adaptations. In the instance of negative genetic mutations and unfavorable phenotypes Natural Selection works to select ...

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... validity of those observations. Because hardcore atheists have no final answers, faith does enter the picture. Our faith, however, and this is the crux of the matter, is not a blind faith. It's based on probability - the probability that what we observe and verify by testing is LIKELY to be true. ...

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... the future gene pool of anything. But a parthenogenetic animal has the capacity to reproduce. I don’t quite follow you, I think. But I guess the crux of your argument must be that parthenogenesis cannot arise by the accumulation of mutations. I disagree, obviously. That parthenogenetic animals ...

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This is intensely interesting, and is the crux of Biology for me. All the suggestions so far given, while excellent, can be applied to many things or argued against. Think about this. I refer you all to the work of Lovelock, who asked the same ...

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... and having a will. Furthermore, there was a lot of additional rigamarole attached to whatever attempt at a thesis there was. If the above is the crux of what JDavidE is trying to get at, then I don't think much of this discussion has even had a point... Finally: The relevance issue: DNA-based ...

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