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Natural environment

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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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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... the ability to adapt and change. Asexual reproducers such as E. coli produce clones of itself which are identical to the parent. Fast responses to environment is then from exchanging plasmids but these are separate transient genomes, not the primary genome that accomplishes cell growth and reproduction. ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:00 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16271

Re:

... not come from the parent population they could not have happened due to natural selection as ns is about the parent population passing on already ... to reproduce. 4. Those indivduals that are better adapted to their environment with preferentially survive to reproduce and pass their traits ...

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by robsabba
Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:29 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16271

Re: A myth of biology debunked

Indeed, natural selection has been shown to be a meaningless term. See http://www.tdtone.org/evolution/TDTns.htm ... (ultimately) means that creatures have the inborn capacity to act upon and react to the environment. (Some will argue that this capacity comes from the genes, somehow, ...

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by philosopher
Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:59 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: A myth of biology debunked
Replies: 23
Views: 1775

Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation

... particularly better than some other critter, just better suited to its environment. Among other things, I posit that if we were able to run experiments ... Intelligent being societies require stability in order to progress. The natural focus on stability may yield universals among all societies ...

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by jeremyo
Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation
Replies: 3
Views: 133

Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... but the new genes would be spread over subsequent generations and natural selection would kick in. Let me address "species" for a ... a population of organisms in evolutionary flux due to changes in their environment or genes. It's not what we would consider a stable "species." ...

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by AstusAleator
Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
Replies: 120
Views: 2138
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