We talk about nature and the world we live in as two separate things. Quotes like, "I'm going to go bond with nature" or "Let's take a trip to the wilderness this weekend". The truth however is that there are few areas of the world where man has not been and these areas are the few that are still completely wild. Counting out of course areas that man cannot go because of biological and technological restraints everything is effected by man. You go in a walk in your back yard and may appear to be surrounded by the forest but can hear cars rolling by on the nearby highway. Even reserved areas where man is not allowed to go, it has only retained it's original habitat due to the interference from man.
If we think about the number of species we have captured, domesticated or simply tried to preserve in captivity, this number exceeds imagination. All of these creatures have been directly affected by man, but what about the indirect effects we have. We emit pollutants and allow pounds of debris to fall into streams and rivers that lead to the ocean. This then leads to changes among species that are irreversible. My question from these observation is, How has man changed the process of evolution and can mutations that are for the better yet caused by our interventions still be considered Darwin's evolution.
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