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Evolution: Put up or Shut up!
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Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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Thank you. "There might be a debate, but probably not. I mean, who would want to defend the idea that we came from a rock?" Who would want to defend the idea that evolution says we did. Only the most moronic, stupid, ignorant, braindead, uneducated, stupid asshole on the planet. He'll be at the Polymer Science building room 101 April 3 from 6 to 9 |
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This is a university student? That's pretty sad.
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Someone on II is a grad student at USM, although I can't remember who right now. Maybe this is their April Fools prank.
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Hahahaha, a creationist accusing someone of circle reasoning. Like they don't have a monopoly on that
Just because three aspects that are sometimes sees as evidence of evolution aren't believed by him doesn't mean evolution doesn't exist. And it's not like C-14 and dirtlayers are the only methods of dating. But I guess some people never learn... |
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Skulls (and all sorts of fossils) can be dated by dating the geological layers above and beneath which it is found - IIRC, a skull buried between two layers of igneous or metamorphic rock is best, since there are problems with dating sedimentary rock. You don't have to date the actual skull itself to get a good estimate of the upper and lower limits of its age.
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Mean life expectancy in Africa today: 40? They ain't losing much in Africa, where Malaria is prevalent and medicine is scarce. |
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and natural selection works when there is a greater chance for procreation. how many people procreate after 40? it wouldn't make a big difference. surviving malaria seems more important in terms of passing on one's genes.
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In regards to the sickle cell thing, the trait wich defends against malaria is not the full disease but rather the heterozygous condition. In someone who possesses both a "noramal" blood gene and a "sickle" gene the microbe that causes malaria cannot live and the blood appears as normal and will only sickle in conditions of prolonged oxygen deprivation, something not likely to happen unless there is a sudden change in elevation or lots of anerobic activity (ie weight lifting) Those who are heterozygous are more likely to live in areas where malaria is present and thus have more children, so the trait stays as it allows for an increase in the number of people who will survive, yes it has a detrimental effect in the homozygote but this is offset by the increased fitness of the heterozygote.
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