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To: Reeses
The human brain is the most genetically complex brain ever. It went from animal to advanced architecture over a span of 200,000 years. That is unheard of speed of evolution and natural selection cannot explain it.

That is not what I learned when I was in graduate school. Look back to the early Homo species and note the brain sizes.

What you are suggesting is that the size increases and associated cultural advancements were accompanied by no increase in brain complexity. That is pretty dubious.

57 posted on 08/08/2008 3:50:07 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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To: Coyoteman
Brain complexity has increased tremendously over a short amount of time and is continuing to increase. The recent development of the C-section is allowing over-brainy babies and their mothers for the first time to survive child birth. C-sections may turn out to be a very significant change in human evolution.

I think it helps the conservative cause to come to terms with human evolution being war driven. It means that we are violent to the core and need personal firearms and large amounts of military spending. It means the hippie vision for world peace is a bong pipe dream. It means leftists are really out to destroy America and we should stop tolerating their destructive behavior.

It's time to leave the ivory tower. Human means war maker.

61 posted on 08/08/2008 5:52:13 PM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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