CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS The Species and the Kind


















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CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS The Species and the Kind
SPECIES § a population of organisms • structurally similar but with a degree of variation • can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
SPECIES § problems with the concept • artificial characteristics – affected by environment – ignored similarities
SPECIES § problems with the concept • interbreeding – asexual reproduction – inability to interbreed in some species
SPECIES VS. BIBLICAL KIND
BIBLICAL KINDS natural groupings of organisms that have the ability to interbreed
GENESIS 1: 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
GENESIS 1: 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
GENESIS 1: 22– 23 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
GENESIS 1: 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
GENESIS 1: 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
BARAMINOLOGY the study of classification based on biblical kinds
SPECIATION the formation of a new species Does speciation occur? YES
ISOLATION § result of migration the moving of organisms from one area to another § types • geographic isolation • behavioral isolation
SPECIATION the formation of a new species Is speciation a result of evolution? NO
SPECIATION the formation of a new species Should rapid speciation be troublesome for Creationists? NO
ADAPTATION any inheritable characteristic that gives a survival advantage to an organism Does adaptation happen? YES
ADAPTATION any inheritable characteristic that gives a survival advantage to an organism Is adaptation the result of evolution? NO