What is evolution? Evolution is a phenomenon we observe in living things. It is the change in the frequency of alleles in a population over time.
Then there is the Theory of Evolution. The Theory puts forth that all life had a common ancestor and that natural selection is the moderator of the process.
Let's first understand that evolution is about change. Not a progression from "higher" to "lower" but simply change. If we have a population of mostly brown rabbits and, after ten years, there are more white rabbits, this is evolution. At this point we should note that populations evolve, not individuals. An organism will die with the genes it was born with.
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