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Natural environment

Definition

noun

All living and non-living things that occur naturally on a particular region.


Supplement

A natural environment is one in which human impact is kept under a certain limited level.


Word origin: environment < Middle English envirounen, from Old French environner, from environ, round about.

Compare: built environment.
See also: environment.


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Questions about phenotypic plasticity

... there's still an underlying genotype that could be affected by natural selection. In the case of phenotypic plasticity, it is the ability to change one's phenotype that is selected for when the environment is variable. This ability is linked to a certain genotype (or set ...

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by Luxorien
Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:08 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Questions about phenotypic plasticity
Replies: 3
Views: 729

Re: Re:

... would survive longer. That's just how we evolved. It is part of our environment just as are buildings part of beavers life. And you cannot say they are natural. Shell of the crab is PART of the crab. Same as horns, claws, ect. are parts of other ...

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by Cat
Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:14 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution or De-evolution?
Replies: 43
Views: 15729

Re: Re:

... asking for opinions/arguments. For example, we are less adapted to our environment than our ancestors because if you were to take away a single ... just as are buildings part of beavers life. And you cannot say they are natural.

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by JackBean
Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:05 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution or De-evolution?
Replies: 43
Views: 15729

Re: 'Evolution'-the most retarded myth ever.

... "Evolution is not a random process. The genetic variation on which natural selection acts may occur randomly, but natural selection itself is ... to the ways its inherited traits function in the context of its local environment. Whether or not an individual survives and reproduces depends ...

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by Forests
Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:23 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: 'Evolution'-the most retarded myth ever.
Replies: 12
Views: 2089

Re: Are evolution and creationism mutually exclusive???

... The fall of man had an unknown effect to us on our genetics and our environment other than one certainty- decay. Natural selection really is quite genius as is Mendelian inheritance such that different organisms ...

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by jinx25
Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:19 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Are evolution and creationism mutually exclusive???
Replies: 23
Views: 3232
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