Evolutionary biology is relative. Moreover it is not merely relative, but specially relative.
(To see the argument for biological relativity click here: https://groundreport.com/article.php?articleID=2835603 )
Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity develops from the law of propagation of light and the principle of relativity1. The law of propagation of light states that, in a vacuum, the speed of light is constant.
Biological special relativity means, similar to the law of propagation of light, there is an upper limit to the speed with which evolution can proceed in addition to being relative. Nominally everything is governed by the speed of light, but there are limits unique to biology. In physics the speed of light is constant within a particular medium and fastest when traveling through a vacuum. In biology mutations are the result of reproduction and different species reproduce at different rates. Therefore new mutations can occur only so fast within a particular species and at different rates in different species.
But what of an absolute limit?
In physics the upper limit only occurs in a vacuum and this suggests we consider what a biological vacuum would be. A physical vacuum, if it is made of anything, is made of ether that allows for the unhindered propagation of light. A biological vacuum would be an environment that allows for the unhindered propagation of an organism, a place without competition or a struggle for resources. An organism in such a place could mate at will with the greatest variety of partners producing the most mutations.
Still, there are limits on how fast this can occur even under the best circumstances. From the initial replication of genetic material to eventual maturity of a new organism, everything takes time. The minimum life-cycle of an organism sets the limit for how fast new mutations can be introduced into a species and hence an upper limit on the evolution of a species.
Combining the previous results that evolutionary biology is relative and this result that there is an upper limit on the rate of mutation shows that evolutionary biology is subject to its own iteration of Special Relativity.
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