Macroevolution

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MACROEVOLUTION refers to large-scale evolutionary changes that occur over long time periods as major biological structures by random mutations that modify the folded protein into novel shapes and therefore functions. Against modern paradigms, we exclude the emergence of new species or specialization as Macroevolution because this is due to isolation (bottlenecking) of preexisting traits and no new biological forms by mutation on which evolution hinges.

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