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johnable:
2 months ago
Since Charles Darwin wrote his book "Origin of the Species" based on his own research and correspondence with 100's of scientists of every field almost 200 years ago - EVERY bit of scientific research has supported him. From biologists research, to the guys studying genes and DNA. A current writer and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins has written a lot of books on biology and evolution and one of his newer ones really addresses the evidence. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth:_The_Evidence_for_Evolution
Also - humans didn't really evolve from apes - they are more like a distant cousin - we have a common ancestor.
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Inglewood1996:
2 months ago
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People say we evolved from apes there is evidence that we have ape like parts that's evidence enough for people depends on what you believe
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FunnyLittleFrog:
2 months ago
yes
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pratikagarwal:
2 months ago
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humans came from apes is evolution
humans had tail which was like a waste organ (not used) and it went......is evolution
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Inglewood1996:
2 months ago
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Also our wisdom teeth are part of it because we used to have bigger mouths
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pratikagarwal:
2 months ago
appendix is also Vestigial organ I guess but i dont know why its still there...
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officerfarva:
2 months ago
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Yes there's evidence all over the place.
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wickedpissah:
2 months ago
Google this: The Peppered Moth.
Evolution in action.
Visible proof.
Deal with it.
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wickedpissah:
2 months ago
Umm... sorry STC, but no.
The moth cannot "blend". It's not a chameleon. An individual moth has exactly ZERO capability of changing its color, willingly or unwillingly.
The moths were white. White moths were well adapted to the environment.
Then the industrial revolution hit England, and smokestacks started pumping out black smog everywhere. The entire city was coated in a thin layer of black soot for 100 years.
The white moths stood out like a sore thumb and were eaten by predators. The darker the moth=the better its chances of survival and reproduction.
Gradually, over many generations, only the darkest moths reproduced, causing the average color of the entire species to darken.
Eventually the entire species was made up of black moths, perfectly adapted to their environment.
THAT is what evolution by natural selection is.
Textbook example.
BUT! We're not done yet. As the modern era dawned and the city cleaned itself up, the reproductive advantage turned back to the lighter moths. Gradually over many generations, as lighter moths had better chances of reproducing, the entire species on average lightened.
That's how evolution works.
That's why we're here.
The moth cannot "blend". It's not a chameleon. An individual moth has exactly ZERO capability of changing its color, willingly or unwillingly.
The moths were white. White moths were well adapted to the environment.
Then the industrial revolution hit England, and smokestacks started pumping out black smog everywhere. The entire city was coated in a thin layer of black soot for 100 years.
The white moths stood out like a sore thumb and were eaten by predators. The darker the moth=the better its chances of survival and reproduction.
Gradually, over many generations, only the darkest moths reproduced, causing the average color of the entire species to darken.
Eventually the entire species was made up of black moths, perfectly adapted to their environment.
THAT is what evolution by natural selection is.
Textbook example.
BUT! We're not done yet. As the modern era dawned and the city cleaned itself up, the reproductive advantage turned back to the lighter moths. Gradually over many generations, as lighter moths had better chances of reproducing, the entire species on average lightened.
That's how evolution works.
That's why we're here.
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stc2014:
2 months ago
I will study this more and give you a better answer but for now the information I got was the moth was discovered before the city of England went through its industrial revolution but I will agree there were more moths that were black because they could blend in a lot better than the white moths not because they evolved but because animals that ate them could find the white moth against the black back ground a lot better than the black moth and the same for after the soot went away the white moth was able to stay hidden better and the black stood out. Crazy side note did you know back in I'm guessing the year 2004 they discovered an island that wasn't marked on any map crazy It just goes to show we are not as wise as we think we are still very much in the stone age!
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MsStina:
2 months ago
Yes. If not, I do not think that almost all [actual] scientists would agree with it. It couldn't be a theory if it did not have evidence to back it up, either.
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It's lightyears past a guess- the theory is sound. Look up that peppered moth on google, it's living, visible proof..
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Cuppy:
2 months ago
There is 100% evidence of evolution. If you want me to tell you some evolutionized animals, I could tell you a bunch.
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Cuppy:
2 months ago
Humans today, known as homo sapien sapiens, evolved from apes. That is certain. Neanderthals, Cro-magnons, Homo erectus, and Homo habilis were all types of early man. Unnecessary body parts in the modern human show evolution. All paleontologists agree that birds are related and evolved from dinosaurs. Birds have been in the sky for the past 100 million years. All life used to be unicellular organisms. Then they began to evolve into more complex ocean life. These animals started exploring the land and got legs over millions of years. And after all that, with the parts I left out because of the character limit on ask.com, it's like it is now today.
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stc2014:
2 months ago
I have to say everything you listed has no hard evidence. It is a theory and hasn't been able to get past a few errors there is a few missing links which have not been found. I will admit I have very little information on dinosaurs so this is more of a question because you believe evolution how could birds come from dinosaurs if they all died at the same time and it takes millions of years to evolve? I have never heard of any body part that I don't use because I evolved out of using it. Last thing if we came from the water there should be more missing links there to show that and there is not. Great conversation :)
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MarSch:
2 months ago
Correct, stc - where's the middle-man?
Also, isn't it funny that everything on earth is in the process of decaying/dying?
Humans/animals get old and die, their bodies going downhill through the years. Plants sometimes live longer (trees), but eventually they die out and dye. Building eventually need to be replaced because of the degradation of age. Even metals rust over time. Funny how all that can be true, but somehow the evolutionists are demanding that things evolve to get BETTER. Kind of contradicts itself, doesn't it?
Also, isn't it funny that everything on earth is in the process of decaying/dying?
Humans/animals get old and die, their bodies going downhill through the years. Plants sometimes live longer (trees), but eventually they die out and dye. Building eventually need to be replaced because of the degradation of age. Even metals rust over time. Funny how all that can be true, but somehow the evolutionists are demanding that things evolve to get BETTER. Kind of contradicts itself, doesn't it?
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Cuppy:
2 months ago
How are human bodies going downhill? Early man is the middle man. If you want to call apes the beginning, early bipedal hominids would be the middle. Researching more, humans didn't evolve from apes. My bad. They're related but separate. However, all the evidence I've found supports evolution. The beginning of mankind as far as we know could be Ardipithecus ramidus from 3.2 million years ago. How could people not believe in evolution? Why do people deny things with so much evidence?
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stc2014:
2 months ago
MarSch...Thank you! Cuppy....You listed what you think they have found. I'm wondering where you have found your information. If you know where this evidence is Id be more than happy to look into it meaning location or web page of facts of hard evidence. I don't believe there is any evidence to support evolution that is why it is still called a theory.
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Cuppy:
2 months ago
If you type in "evidence of evolution," you'll find a ton of .org and .edu websites with evidence of evolution. There's more evidence to that theory than anything else. All the evidence found fits and contradicts nothing within itself. They have found evidence for sure, but just because you find evidence doesn't mean something is true. That is why it's still a theory.
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MarSch:
2 months ago
Well, I don't understand how they could find one shin bone and state it's from a pre-historic hippo with a long tusk and toenails, for instance. I realize how they say one was a carnivore or a plant eater by it's teeth if they find the skull, but finding an armbone and then saying it's millions of years old, belonged to a shorter tribe of neanderthals, which came before they got taller, which came before homo-erectus, then homo-erectus arms got a little shorter, and that's how we are now, for example... Just doesn't fit. I think there's a lot of guesswork from guys who do not want to believe that there is a Creator God, so they automatically lean the opposite way...
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shadsiphone:
2 months ago
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Hell of a lot more scientific evidence than the religion theory
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Nandu5:
2 months ago
Evolution is not a day to day process. You cannot witness evolution even in your life time. It's a process of millions of years. Like apes to humans.
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stc2014:
2 months ago
I agree with the last part of what you said but you are wrong science has not proven anything they only have a theory no evidence. Id like to know if you can not find the evidence or witness evolution where would the fossils go of the animals that did evolve into something else?
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Nandu5:
2 months ago
Well the scientists say that the DNA structure of the living beings now has been matched with the those which are vanished. They won't match totally but they have the evidence that the now living beings has some identical features of those a million years ago. Hence they say that these creatures have evolved from them. Though i cannot prove you how but i firmly believe that it is possible. Not to prove you wrong but as far i as i know i think this Evolution is possible. And even if i am wrong i would remember that you were the first to intimate me.
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AnnieZhu:
2 months ago
Yes, we have found the fossils which can prove that there were some primitive "human beings" which could stand on their feet, their facial features were similar but quite different with people today, but we never able to see them anymore on today's earth. Where had them gone if it is not evolution?
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stc2014:
2 months ago
Id like to know where they found the fossils any information you have would be helpful Id love to look into what you clam to be true. There was a group of people that said they found bones of what they think could of been early man but when they went to make contact with the group they couldn't find the fossils they discovered so still no evidence!
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yes but there are holes in the theory
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wickedpissah:
2 months ago
The only "holes" are in your understanding.
The theory is sound.
If there were "holes" then it would not qualify as a theory. It would merely be an hypothesis.
The theory is sound.
If there were "holes" then it would not qualify as a theory. It would merely be an hypothesis.
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pandapower:
2 months ago
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Yes. God put evidence all over the place.
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Humans are relatives of apes. You should google evolution of all living species, and you'll see great illustrations. They believe that mankind began in the region of Africa.
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They have unearthed plenty of evidence of ancient man with their ape like heads, etc.
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Just google fossils of man. There are plenty unearthed and are in labs and museums around the world
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stc2014:
2 months ago
I did and they reported on the site that they think that's what they have found they are not even sure and they also calm that there is a lot of missing information so I will say there is a huge lack of evidence to put evolution as anything more than a theory.
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Wikipedia & the internet in general is not the best place to find the hard facts you are looking for. If you want simple facts (although it may not be as speedy) try checking out a few books on the subject from a library. I would like to do that too sometime, but I'm busy with other stuff in school. When you read the books, try doing so with an open mind that's eager to learn- not clouded and finding an excuse to ignore every fact thrown at you. I'm not trying to be mean & I appreciate how friendly you've been on this post stc.
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The best way we can see evolution today is in something known as a "Homologous structure" in bio. What that is, is a body structure similar to others showing an evolutionary ancestor. The typical example for this is the car arm, bat wing an whale front flipper. They're all different but are made of the same bones.
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stc2014:
2 months ago
Thank you for the information but Id have to disagree because things are made from the same type of bone wouldn't mean they evolved it could mean they were created that way. I also know the theory is lacking much needed evidence to make any kind of stand to be fact.
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Ah. Well these bones aren't just made from the same materials they're the same in location, purpose, and ever look (of course there are adapted changes to them aka evolution).
Remember when we talk about a species evolving its said that there's "punctuated equilibrium?
Remember when we talk about a species evolving its said that there's "punctuated equilibrium?
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stc2014:
2 months ago
Wouldn't you agree if things evolved there would be a lot more evidence meaning fossils all around the world and also we would see things still changing because from what science says its always trying to improve itself so I see no past evidence or future evidence you can compare animals all day and still you are missing the link. Id say putting any faith on a theory with no evidence seems wrong.
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So you say evolution is based on faith yet you bring up god who Is entirely based on faith
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MarSch:
2 months ago
It's funny that EVERYTHING in the world is in the process of downgrading. The universe is expanding, the flowers wilt, the water gets dirty, the humans die, the metals rust. Everyone and everything wears out. Everywhere there is the sign of destructive forces.
Except in evolution? Hmmmm....
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@mar I still don't understand where you're getting at, or if you're getting at anything at all. Water is getting dirtier because humans are using it- we are nearing 8 billion.. Humans are living much longer than they used to. Everything that is alive must die- it is inevitable.
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Richest1:
2 months ago
@MarSch, I understand your point and it is very valid. In engineering school, it is taught as the second law of thermodynamics. The first law states the conservation of energy, while the second law states that entropy is increasing; meaning that usable energy is decreasing while unusable is increasing. Better stated, it is responsible that in the natural world things go from order to disorder. Which is exactly what your analogy communicates. Wood rots--it does not get higher quality over time. Metal rusts--it does not get shinier over time...etc Humans and other life is on a path to death, no known exceptions within science.
Has mankind gotten more loving, more kind, more civil? Hardly...the 20th century was the most deadly by far of any known century. Perhaps evolution does not apply to the human heart? Of course, evolution has always wrestled with the origin of morality; as it wrestles with so many other things in the real world.
Has mankind gotten more loving, more kind, more civil? Hardly...the 20th century was the most deadly by far of any known century. Perhaps evolution does not apply to the human heart? Of course, evolution has always wrestled with the origin of morality; as it wrestles with so many other things in the real world.
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abhinavtripathi95:
2 months ago
YOU WERE AN APE MAN............
case="closed"
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Richest1:
2 months ago
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stc, I must say that no evidence, on this site or in the science lab, has proved Darwinian evolution; that is, one species changing into another. In fact, the most current scientific evidence in microbiology, astronomy, physics, thermodynanmics points to design. purpose, and forethought--meaning, yes, a Designer or Creator.
Adaptation, described by a few above, is no way the same as Darwinian evolution. There is no real debate regarding adaptative evolution. So terms must be described to communicate effectively what science is and is not saying. Otherwise, the debate is based on presumption and emotion rather than sticking with objective evidence and logic.
www.equip.org
www.discovery.org
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Richest1:
2 months ago
And after more than a century since Darwin's 'tree of life' (a concept not a proof), the fossil evidence points very much against evolution. No transistion fossils. Darwin's theory says change happens very slowly over very, very long periods of time. Contrast that with the science--it shows that phyla groups appear very suddenly in the fossil record. For example, consider what is known as the "Cambrian explosion". Some have called this the 'Biological Big Bang' because of the evidence for the sudden appearance of most of the major animal phyla still alive today.
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Richest1:
2 months ago
My science textbook in high school, quite a while ago, had drawings of embros in stages of development that was used to "prove" Darwin's theory of a tree of life. Just one big problem. Ernst Haeckel, the author of the drawings was shown to have fabricated the drawings to misrepresent the stages. His colleagues accused him of fraud. That was in.....1860's. Not a typo. No, I am not that old, but science books were still using questionable and discredited illustrations over 100 years later.
That is an example of bias; Darwinianism has been more of a philosophy than science for a long time.
That is an example of bias; Darwinianism has been more of a philosophy than science for a long time.
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soxson:
2 months ago
you need to take a class in evolution. i know you're being respectful to your religion but god isn't the answer to everything. god didn't save the 900 people who were murdered in Chicago each year. god didn't prevent the earthquake in Haiti or japan. if god didn't want us to do abortions, he would prevent it. you need to be more open to other theories. athiests actually make very good theorists because they're not biased on a religion.
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stc2014:
2 months ago
Soxson...I think you should do more research yourself not books from your science teacher or your atheist. If you can travel go see where Jesus really walked and try to prove the bible wrong no person has been able to they even found Sodom and Gomorrah burned down covered in ash as the bible says with so many facts to be true and no one able to prove it wrong I think you are missing the truth. I also know very bad things happen to people I hate to break the news to you but god didn't create you so he could serve you or anyone. If you wish to keep your faith that is ok because I have mine. I just know it takes more faith for all of this to come from nothing than we were created.
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Richest1:
2 months ago
stc, agree with you. To believe something just because it is in a science book is naive. I have already mentioned the fraud with the embryo diagrams. Then you have the Piltdown man, Nebraska man, java man frauds. Not just mistakes but downright fraud.
You are on very solid ground to question Darwinian evolution; in today's age of scientific enlightenment, it is an extreme leap of faith to continue to believe it as philosophy; and just illogical to believe as science.
You are on very solid ground to question Darwinian evolution; in today's age of scientific enlightenment, it is an extreme leap of faith to continue to believe it as philosophy; and just illogical to believe as science.
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soxson:
2 months ago
that all happened 2000 years ago. has it occurred to you that maybe the story changed gradually as it was passed down to thousands of people. what about all the religions all over the world that people have faith in. would you go up to them and tell them that they're wasting their time worshiping Buddha or the Greek/roman gods? religions need to be treated with respect. in the middle ages, there were many wars just over religion. would god really want people being executed because they were raised to a different religion. i am an agnostic myself. my family is catholic but i don't obsess with god like my grandmother does. i am more of a science person. why don't you pay attention to the actual evidence instead of refusing to believe it?
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Richest1:
2 months ago
Sorry, sox, but stc and I are having a discussion about evolution, not religion. Where did I ever even mention anything about 2000 years ago?
But the length of time between an event and now does not make an event factual or not. If you are referring to the events of 2000 years ago such as the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then one must honestly and objectively evaluate the vast amount of manuscript evidence among other pieces of evidence. The Bible has been tested, thoroughly, and passed with flying colors. We can be more confident of those events surrounding Jesus Christ than we can of Caesar's Gallic Wars or any other event in ancient history.
But the length of time between an event and now does not make an event factual or not. If you are referring to the events of 2000 years ago such as the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then one must honestly and objectively evaluate the vast amount of manuscript evidence among other pieces of evidence. The Bible has been tested, thoroughly, and passed with flying colors. We can be more confident of those events surrounding Jesus Christ than we can of Caesar's Gallic Wars or any other event in ancient history.
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Richest1:
2 months ago
thanks, MarSch, I find it amusing that some people imply that being a "science person" is somehow the opposite of being a 'religious' person. I am totally fulfilled and happy to be both. I took honors biology in high school; I graduated college w/ electrical engineering degree. I love science; but science is a poor substitute for a god. I am thankful that I eventually came to know the God behind the science.
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Argonian:
2 months ago
It takes millions of years for evolution to be noticed, plus, where's the evidence that evolution or creation is wrong?
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AshishMeher:
2 months ago
Yes
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bwoollcott15:
2 months ago
yes, all animals on the planet have evolved and adapted to their environments. Humans have been evolving as well. For example, we are slowly losing our tail bone because there is no need for it. All animals have evolved and are evolving to match the changes in their habitat.
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lukanikic:
2 months ago
There is so much evidence..........
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Wisdom100:
2 months ago
Yes, there is overwhelming evidence supporting evolution.
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soxson:
2 months ago
there is evidence everywhere. humans and other primates have a common ancestor. as the climates changes, we developed to be able to survive in it. think if it this way. during the 1300s, when the bubonic plague killed people, the people who's genetic patterns make their immune system able to fight off the plague survived while the people who's genetics made their body vulnerable to the plague died. from then on, there were almost no people who's genetic patterns left to reproduce so the bubonic plague died down and then there will be a new disease that will kill many and then settle. this slowly happen to people over millions of years. our DNA is 98% similar to the chimpanzee's DNA
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stc2014:
2 months ago
There is a little problem with evolution there is no missing link to connect us to any type of ape. Its like me saying because the human body is 60% water I think we came from water but I have no evidence of that only facts when we are born our body is made up of as much as 78% of water so that must mean we came from water.
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soxson:
2 months ago
water is not even alive. when the early ancestors of apes and humans spread out to different parts of the world, they adapted in each small region so they can survive. they evolved to various different kinds of monkeys and apes while we advanced much faster than them and became what we are today. how about you stop guessing and look at some of the evidence. we came after the dinosaurs. if the dinosaurs had never died out, we would not be here because we would have been unable to survive with them or we would have evolved differently.
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MarSch:
2 months ago
All the people that lived thru the Bubonic plague developing a resistance thru that survival, does not mean evolution at all. Although it is a good point. But still doesn't produce any "leftovers" of a middle-man between us and the monkeys. Yes, we're similar in that we walk upright, have a thumb, etc. (monkeys walk upright some). If we came from them, where is the thumb on the foot? I know we have a big toe, but wouldn't a thumb be extremely more useful than a big toe that doesn't do much? All sorts of problems with evolution...
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soxson:
2 months ago
we didn't 'come from' monkeys.we and monkeys came from an earlier being. suppose there was no evolution, what happened in the time of the dinosaurs? if there was no evolution, then we would have lived at the same time as the dinosaurs. they would have eaten us all.
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stc2014:
2 months ago
Soxson... I think you should have some kind of evidence if you believe in evolution so much? I'm amazed at how you can put so much faith in something when you have never even seen real evidence. As for dinosaurs how do you know we were not alive at the same time? How do you know they are all dead they have found a few dinosaur like creatures and animals that were thought to be extinct. They have found human and dinosaur foot prints in the same cretaceous rock! In 2012 did you know they found an island that was never on any map they will most likely find more! There is so much we don't know even with all the high technology we have so I'm sure there could still be a dinosaur alive some where and no one can disprove that until every part of earth as been searched. I also need to say animals are afraid of humans they try to avoid us most of the time we get attacked because we came to close or they were protecting there young. Id have to say it would be the same with dinosaurs.
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soxson:
2 months ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
now take the time to actually read it. don't just blow it off
now take the time to actually read it. don't just blow it off
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Zualtea:
2 months ago
I do believe in the evolution of animals, but not human beings. I do not believe that human beings evolve from monkeys or whatever. There has been no evidence yet, and no evidence on the evolution of monkeys into human.
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TheTruePurple:
2 months ago
yes, but I prefer to call it adaptation.
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chazt:
2 months ago
Yes. God created evolution.
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- The appendix.
- Wisdom teeth.
- The coccyx.
- The vomeronasal organ.
- The outer auricula muscle.
- Darwin's tubercle.
- The plica semilunaris.
- The occipitalis minor muscle.
- The palmaris longus muscle.
- The abdominal pyrimidalis muscle.
- The occasional extra nipple.
- The palmar grasp reflex.
- Cutis anserina (goose bumps).
All of these are vestigial remnants of the slow process of evolution. Furthermore- these are examples from JUST ONE particular species.
Homo sapiens.
Evolution happens within species, not within individuals.
Please, for the love of pete, read a science book for once.
Not everyone has to remove their wisdom teeth, but some people do. People would not have needed the surgery done 100k years ago.
And actually, there are many people who believe in evolution and remain religious.
Some, apparently, have chosen to stay behind.
And saying the "sometimes third nipple" as wicked said earlier is incorrect - that would be called a mutation, not evolution.
The proof is overwhelming. The science is unassailable.
FOSSILS!!! We have the fossils!
But... you're mind is closed.
You have chosen to remain willfully ignorant.
It's sad, really. You've got the most powerful tool in human history resting right between your ears. It's a gift given to you by over 6,000,000 of evolution.
And not only do you refuse to send a thank-you note, you refuse even to unwrap the gift.
sad.
Scroll up and read it.
you're obviously too brainwashed to even recognize hard evidence when i've already given it to you.
have fun being ingorant for the rest of your life.
good night.