Does the Fact that There Are Sexes, Strongly Suggest Evolution is Encouraged?

Question

Psyengine, Really? Isn't Sexual Recombination of Great Advantage to a Population, I'm Reminded of an Old Phrase, "Populations Evolve, Not Individuals".

Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

not entirely correct, Zero. Genders make sexual reproduction necessary to continue the existence of the species. As asexual reproduction makes it harder to evolve considering it is only cloning one's self, however mutations do occur occasionally in DNA and if the mutation is preferable to survival, it will live on and make more of itself. Sexual reproduction makes evolution much easier, as you can even see a difference between you and your parents, even if it is the slightest. I wouldn't say it's encouraged, it just happens, and that it happens is preferable to continuation of a species, and even branches off of that species. Human beings are actually stunting the progress of evolution by using medicines and stuff, if you want to get rid of cancer, kill off the suffering people who have it instead of selfishly trying to save them... but that's my opinion. conclusively, evolution doesn't really suggest... the creation theory suggests.

Answer 3

i dont understand your question.

we have sexes to reproduce, and we evolve due to climate change, and having to hunt or find food in different ways.

it has nothing to do with sexes.

Answer 4

No.  Not if by "encouraged" you mean that there is some intelligence "guiding" evolution towards better solutions.  There is no more evidence of such an intelligence in the separation of the sexes, than in any other development in nature.

But if by "encouraged" you mean encouraged by natural selection ... then yes.  Natural selection constantly "encouraging" slight improvements to old solutions, fully explains why we have different sexes.

The evolution first of sexual reproduction, then of dedicated sexes (individuals that specialize in the production of the two kinds of s*x cells) is just like any new solution discovered by nature.   Time and mutation together lead organisms eventually to stumble upon a new solution to an old problem that is just a very small change to a previous solution.  But if that solution has some advantage ... *NO MATTER HOW SMALL* ... then natural selection will tend to make organisms better and better at that solution ... relentlessly improving it.

For example, there are many organisms that undergo both asexual and sexual reproduction ... so it is not much of a change from generation to generation to go from mostly asexual reproduction with occasional sexual reproduction (as in the case of amoebas) to mostly sexual reproduction with occasional asexual reproduction (as in the case of aphids) to entirely sexual reproduction (as in the case of most vertebrates).

Or as another example ... once sexual reproduction is established, where some s*x cells get expelled into the environment to seek out the s*x cells from other individuals ... then a slight improvement to that solution is for some of those s*x cells to get smaller and smaller so that they are more mobile and easier to mass-produce ... while other s*x cells get larger and larger so they are better able to support the first stages of cell replication if they get fertilized.  Until eventually there is *huge* difference between male s*x cells (sperm or pollen) and female s*x cells (egg cells or ova).

Nature is *incredibly* inventive ... and this inventiveness is fully explainable by just mutations, filtered and "encouraged" relentlessly by natural selection.

Answer 5

This sounds like a pointless R&S question, where people list irrelevant facts in a vain hope it supports their belief on the orgin of life, but I'll try to answer in case it isn't.  The question doesn't exactly make sense as you put it, but I think I get the gist of what you were trying to ask.  

Sexual reproduction encourages genetic variation by making each child a product of two sets of genes, rather than a clone of one parent.  Evolution occurs when a certain variation is reinforced by the environment in such a way that a variation in a particular trait or set of traits increases those organism's chances of surviving long enough to replicate themselves.  So, s*x does make it easier for evolution to occur by increasing variation.  It certainly is not necessary, however, as some organisms that do not use sexual reproduction can also have variation and undergo natural selection.