Timeline for What is the difference between eugenics and evolution by natural selection?
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| Oct 22, 2014 at 19:50 | vote | accept | user125535 | ||
| Oct 22, 2014 at 14:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBiology/status/524923269971845120 | ||
| Oct 22, 2014 at 9:15 | comment | added | Sherlock Holmes | Eugenics is selective breeding to artificially promote certain 'desirable' genetic traits. Natural selection occurs without human interference and is due solely to the challenges of nature. | |
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| Oct 22, 2014 at 8:58 | comment | added | goblin GONE | Natural selection is a descriptive theory that aims to explain the diversity of life. Eugenics was a political/ideological project for "improving the human gene pool." Obviously, these are completely different. | |
| Oct 22, 2014 at 8:54 | answer | added | fileunderwater | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Oct 22, 2014 at 6:43 | vote | accept | user125535 | ||
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| Oct 22, 2014 at 5:55 | comment | added | canadianer | With that definition, the major difference is that eugenics is artificial. Additionally, natural selection has no aim. | |
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| Oct 22, 2014 at 5:12 | history | asked | user125535 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |