LordCaptain t1_j8e4e5u wrote on February 13, 2023 at 5:16 PM

Reply to comment by gwaydms in TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago. by SuperMcG

It is evolution through natural selection but it is still most definitely evolution. It's a net directional change in the population. There isn't an arbitrary point where it turns from natural selection to evolution as the two aren't so simply separated.

gwaydms t1_j8emi2r wrote on February 13, 2023 at 7:16 PM

I didn't say they should be. I said natural selection is part of evolution, as are phenomena such as founder effect.