chicagotribune.com— University of Chicago researchers say they`ve found approximately 700 regions of the human genome where genes appear to have been reshaped by natural selection within the past 5,000 to 15,000 years!
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"Being something of a cynic, I consider the idea that an omnipotent being created humans "in his image" to be just about the most arrogant thing I have ever heard."About as arrogant as to be offended by the idea that you should be offended by someone suggesting their is a higher power than yourself (or mankind).I'm not saying believe in the Bible or else. Just that getting offended by someone suggestion there may be a higher power is pretty arrogant in and of itself.
@cerberus047:I don't know where half the crap you said came from. There's no reason to look at evolution and be depressed. But sadly, that's exactly why people created religion. The truth can be frightening when you have no means of explaining nature. That's where science accels."if you go outside or really study life you will realize it is waaay to complex to just appear out of no where!"I don't know of anyone who can even begin to comprehend how long a billion years is. Simple things become more complex as that time goes by. Life did not come out of no where.
Heh... would that I had the time. Sorry to have checked out of the argument, but "real life" takes precedence over beating back the barbarian hordes on the internet. :-)
@ billyboobs34 "Digg is threaded now please read the post that both you and I replied to. Recombination allows for additive effects." Yes, it's threaded, but only by one level. I didn't think it made sense to reply to my own post. Yes, recombination allows for additive effects but that's sort of beside the point when someone, like the guy I replied to initially, probably doesn't understand what it is that DNA actually does in a cell. So, whether by recombination or some other way, "information" is really neither lost nor gained when it comes down to encoding for proteins. That was my only point.
@ Flashman:"Hmmm... so if life started off with just one species, why'd we end up with evolution in the first place? :P"Um, because that's what evolution is all about--variations in allele frequency that, over long periods of time and through several environmental factors, cause certain portions of a population to split off. A good example are Darwin's finches. But then, if your understanding of evolution is so bankrupt, I'm not sure you'll even understand why it's a good example.
@yuk... are you kidding? do you see the number of posts here? do you really see no argument, or are you just so caught up in arguing that you fail to see anyone else's opinion?
xanderMar 8, 2006
Wow, new comment system is being used to suppress minority opinions (in this case ID, creationism...)! Who would have thought?
ezkielMar 8, 2006
"Being something of a cynic, I consider the idea that an omnipotent being created humans "in his image" to be just about the most arrogant thing I have ever heard."About as arrogant as to be offended by the idea that you should be offended by someone suggesting their is a higher power than yourself (or mankind).I'm not saying believe in the Bible or else. Just that getting offended by someone suggestion there may be a higher power is pretty arrogant in and of itself.
bryan8mMar 9, 2006
@cerberus047:I don't know where half the crap you said came from. There's no reason to look at evolution and be depressed. But sadly, that's exactly why people created religion. The truth can be frightening when you have no means of explaining nature. That's where science accels."if you go outside or really study life you will realize it is waaay to complex to just appear out of no where!"I don't know of anyone who can even begin to comprehend how long a billion years is. Simple things become more complex as that time goes by. Life did not come out of no where.
Closed AccountMar 9, 2006
Because saying that s**tty species die and nons**tty ones don't != explaining how new species appear.
drahknonMar 9, 2006
Heh... would that I had the time. Sorry to have checked out of the argument, but "real life" takes precedence over beating back the barbarian hordes on the internet. :-)
drahknonMar 9, 2006
@ billyboobs34 "Digg is threaded now please read the post that both you and I replied to. Recombination allows for additive effects." Yes, it's threaded, but only by one level. I didn't think it made sense to reply to my own post. Yes, recombination allows for additive effects but that's sort of beside the point when someone, like the guy I replied to initially, probably doesn't understand what it is that DNA actually does in a cell. So, whether by recombination or some other way, "information" is really neither lost nor gained when it comes down to encoding for proteins. That was my only point.
drahknonMar 9, 2006
@ Flashman:"Hmmm... so if life started off with just one species, why'd we end up with evolution in the first place? :P"Um, because that's what evolution is all about--variations in allele frequency that, over long periods of time and through several environmental factors, cause certain portions of a population to split off. A good example are Darwin's finches. But then, if your understanding of evolution is so bankrupt, I'm not sure you'll even understand why it's a good example.
Closed AccountMar 10, 2006
"Still Evolving", that's funny - I didn't think we stopped evolving - humans are always breeding.
woknbluesMar 27, 2006
@yuk... are you kidding? do you see the number of posts here? do you really see no argument, or are you just so caught up in arguing that you fail to see anyone else's opinion?