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Examples Of Macroevolution

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Macroevolution refers to major evolutionary changes to genetics over long periods of time, the origin of new types of organisms and species from previously existing, but different, ancestors. One of the biggest focal points of macroevolution is that it takes an incredibly long time for anything to evolve into a different species. Who knows? Maybe in a billion years humans will have grown wings and will be able to fly. Microevolution, however, refers to varieties within the same type of species. Genetic change happens in a group, but the resulting descendent can still clearly be distinguished as the same type of species. A real-life example of microevolution is dogs. When different types of dogs breed a new, but still similar, type of dog is
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