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TooBad · 07-06-2002, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by liquid:
<strong> There are also a lot from a scientist called Theodore Dobzhansky, but I haven't really tracked down who he is.

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The only thing I've been able to find out about Theodore Dobzhansky is that he is apparently the author of the quote:

Quote:

Evolution is such a simple idea, almost anyone can misunderstand it.

Which I kind of like.

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tgamble · 07-06-2002, 06:24 AM

Wasn't Theodore Dobzhansky the one who said "Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution"?

Marduk · 07-06-2002, 07:06 AM

Hmmmm, this JW stuff seems more in line with the older Mesopotamian creation stories. Though the 6000 year date is way too early for even those, the Sumerians had Kings going back longer than 6000 years.
In those stories the gods came to earth and found a primitive race of men already in existence, they give the beastie some of their ‘essence’ and make the modern human, whom they use as servants and to do their grunt work.
“A primitive man, we will put our mark on him” The Enuma Elish

RufusAtticus · 07-06-2002, 11:30 AM

<a href="http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/abcde/dobzhansky_theodosius.html" target="_blank">Theodosius Dobzhansky</a> is the father of Drosophila population genetics. I have no clue who Theodore Dobzhansky is.

~~RvFvS~~

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07-06-2002, 06:24 AM	#12
tgamble Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: St. John's, Nfld. Canada Posts: 1,652	Wasn't Theodore Dobzhansky the one who said "Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution"?

07-06-2002, 07:06 AM	#13
Marduk Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: the 10th planet Posts: 5,065	Hmmmm, this JW stuff seems more in line with the older Mesopotamian creation stories. Though the 6000 year date is way too early for even those, the Sumerians had Kings going back longer than 6000 years. In those stories the gods came to earth and found a primitive race of men already in existence, they give the beastie some of their ‘essence’ and make the modern human, whom they use as servants and to do their grunt work. “A primitive man, we will put our mark on him” The Enuma Elish

07-06-2002, 11:30 AM	#14
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	<a href="http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/abcde/dobzhansky_theodosius.html" target="_blank">Theodosius Dobzhansky</a> is the father of Drosophila population genetics. I have no clue who Theodore Dobzhansky is. ~~RvFvS~~

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