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Originally Posted by beachbum
theres no physical proof of change. i dont think you understand what change means.. just because you look at two skulls and they look different doesnt necessarily mean that on of them changed into the other. chimps and orangutans have similar skulls but one didnt evolve from the other...
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Do you understand what a species is?
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Originally Posted by beachbum
yes it can. are you suggesting that mutations occur because of uv light? if so, shouldnt it be a continuous change?
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The mutations that result in positive benefits are rewarded through natural selection. As you can imagine, the random changes in DNA created by UV-light
rarely produce beneficial changes, therefore only a tiny percentage of the mutated DNA is ever passed on as beneficial traits. It takes time for that mutation to inundate the gene pool. It is a continuous change, albeit an incredibly slow one. You can't seem to grasp the time-scale involved here.
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Originally Posted by beachbum
not necessarily. humans are the most dominant animals on the planet yet we are not naturally selected(completely). if we were, there wouldnt be much of an animal kingdom left because we could easily kill off many of the known species. human intervention disproves natural selection.
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I'm convinced you have no idea what you are talking about by this crafty piece of work. You need to read more.
Here are a few links:
Origin of the Species
Evolutionary Biology
Evolution
Mutation
Adaptive Radiation
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Originally Posted by beachbum
yes.. existing traits. but this means nothing. the creatures dont get new tratis in fact, evolution states that a physical trait from a parent doesnt necessarily go to the offspring. in other words, if its easier for you to cut off one of your hands to adapt to the environment around you, that doesnt get passed down to your offspring unless your genes have a recessive gene that can come out more dominantly in that situation.
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Once again, it is obvious that you don't know what you are talking about.
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Originally Posted by beachbum
yes but again, its the same thing as uv light, if it was the cause of evolution that would meant that creatures would continuously evolve.
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Creatures do continuously evolve, it just takes longer than a friggin' minute steak.
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Originally Posted by beachbum
still waiting for that proof... the 3 generations.. remember?
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Homo habilis - Homo sapien. I know it's hard to look a fact in the eye from the Island of Ignorance.
Natural History Museum. Hall of Human Origins
Darwin Library at The Natural History Museum
Search Results for Evolution at the Natural History Museum
I don't have the time or the inclination to educate you further. Your lack of understanding of simple biology is too big a hurdle for me. Read more, look at the links in the hall of human origins. I can't help you any more.