It’s Survival of the Weak and Scrawny

The HEADLINE toutes evolution and as we see the article has nothing to do with the elusive subject. The mentioned species are squeezed through hunting, one factor, and are reduced genetically. There is no gain of information. The ANIMALS do not suddenly have point mutations and sprout wings to fly away to EVOLUTION land. SUDDEN, YES, there is no gradulasm in the fossil record. You have to stop wishing this stuff into existence. The article is so misleading, it constitutes intelectual malpractice. Where is your SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVE PROOF? COGNITIVE DISONANCE apparently but I have no direct proof. This is nothing more than a godLESS religion with evolutionary theory as its creed holding the rightous shield of science over the unwashed intelectual pesants. You make science an accomplance in your pursuit of inequality.......

I don't know if anyone else reading has realized that the same process is happening to human beings, but at an even faster rate. The widespread use of antibiotics and immunization has rendered us far weaker and less fit. The same thing is true of assisted reproduction; slightly fertile people who would not produce offspring without medical assistance are doing so. Their you are likely to be weaker and sicker than normal.

Of course these actions are humane and kind, and I'm in no way advocating genetic selection or denying people access to health care. But over time saving everyone who can be temporarily saved will degrade the human gene pool to the point that some truly hideous organism will take 50% of the living population. Natural selection will not be mocked; the weakest will be taken, slowly or in one fell swoop.

Evolution, shme-volution. There is no such thing. Darwin came up with that idea to keep God out of the equation. It has since become a religion for atheists. It is not science-based. There has been no evidence clearly showing it happens. Evolution teaches the "survival of the fittest." Those who believe in evolution, in order to be consistent with their beliefs, should have no problem with the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, since the Jewish people who were murdered were not as "fit" as those who did the killing. They would see this as the "natural order" of things.
But, many evolutionists do see the Holocaust as wrong, and this is inconsistent with "survival of the fittest."

Absolutely Nonsense. Obviously written for some special interest group that has a specific agenda.

Humans evolved out of hunting and foraging when our numbers were small and our "footprint" on the animals we stalked and killed was small. Sport hunting and efforts at "conservation hunting" is an altogether different matter and goes to the heart of the article. When wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone, one of the fears was the effect this would play on the caribou herd. Of the first changes noticed when wolves began feeding on caribou, however, was the effect the caribou had caused during the wolves absence. Vegetation along streams and rivers had been grazed on by the caribou and when the wolves moved the herds back up the slopes of the mountains where they normally live, the vegetation returned to the banks of the waterways. This in turn cooled the waters helping the trout populations and also offering cover to migratory birds and small animals that had been displaced by the loss of the natural cover. The trout again became sustainable and provided protein for the grizzly which was endangered. After several years had gone by, the numbers of caribou stabilized and the health of the herd actually increased - the wolves had naturally predated the weaker animals from the gene pool and the calves were stronger with less juvenile mortality, the new cows were more likely to have more offspring than before. Anyway, you get the picture....

Au contraire Bigfoot1491, the amazing thing is that you could read this article and ignore the science and analysis which is presented. And further, provide some self serving argument against the hypothesis with nothing but a personal opinion of how great hunters are.

Amazing how selfishness guides many humans. One whiff of a threat to their ability to do whatever they personally thnk is ok, or desireable for themselves, and think nothing of the long term impact. Humans are the most selfish animals on the planet, and for once I'd like to hear one hunter admit that before spewing forth his or her sainted opinion, about anything!

All forms of hunting should be banned. It's a cruel and inhumane activity that i maims, cripples and kills innumerable innocent creatures ! If hunters want to kill they should enlist in the military to wage combat against murderous terrorists.