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Can Sheep disprove evolution?

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Can Sheep disprove evolution?

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No. Modern sheep (that is, sheep from the last 10,000 years or so), just like modern dogs and cats, are domesticated. Pre-domesticated sheep species were certainly capable of taking care of themselves before man began cultivating them for food, wool, skins, etc.

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Sheep are not the brightest creatures on the planet, I’ll grant you, but they are not as stupid as you seem to think. I’ve worked with sheep for twenty years. From your description I have to wonder if you’ve ever seen one in real life. They know when to eat. Oh yeah.

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I’d hate to break it to you, but shepherds do NOT stand out in the field going, “Remember to eat” every few seconds. So no, sheep do not disprove evolution. As to what your question DOES prove…hey, you said it, not me.

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Just so you know: Domestic sheep evolved from wild sheep after we tended them. They can eat without being told, do not starve to death otherwise, and do not need 24/7 supervision from a shepard if kept in a field, have survival and maternal instincts (they run from dogs unless they have lambs with them). So basically, you’re wrong.Or you know some pretty strange sheep that are possibly on lithium.

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Do you think modern sheep are anything like the stock they came from??? They were artifically selected to be the most docile – that is, if a sheep was naturally wild then the shepard wouldn’t let it breed and those “wild” genes were removed from the sheep gene pool. Please note that the family Ovis from which sheep are derived include many “wild sheep” such as Ovis Ammon and Ovis Dalli which are extremely dangerous to approach (what, you think sheep have horns because they look cute). The behaviour of these sheep is closer to the behaviour of sheep when they were first domesticated 18,000 years ago. Artificial selection has worked since then. Perhaps it would help if you understood how natural selection worked rather than listening all day to Ken Ham and the creationist sideshow.

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