Does Natural Selection . . . Slow Down Evolution?

For years we���ve heard that natural selection (along with mutations) is the driving force of evolution. So much so that observed instances of natural selection���like in the article we will discuss below���are wrongly referred to as examples of ���evolution in action��� (in the sense of the ���molecules-to-man��� evolutionary belief system). So what do we make of a headline that proclaims, ���Natural Selection Can Actually Slow Evolution, Scientists Say���?

Well, this story is reporting on rese...