Seeing the Serpent [Human Evolution]

University of California, Davis ^ | 19 July 2006 | Staff (press release)

[PatrickHenry]

Bold and underlinling added by me. Everybody be nice.

[PatrickHenry]

Evolution Ping The List-O-Links

A conservative, pro-evolution science list, now with over 380 names. See the list's explanation, then FReepmail to be added or dropped. To assist beginners: But it's "just a theory", Evo-Troll's Toolkit, and How to argue against a scientific theory.

[keithtoo]

whatever dude

[Doctor Stochastic]

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself.....and snakes."

[happyathome]

Typical evolutionary mumbo-jumbo. They try to use evolution to explain how primates use their eyes and limbs, to conceal the fact that evolution can't explain how they got eyes and limbs in the first place.

[PatrickHenry]

Help for new visitors to the evolution debate
Another service of Darwin Central, the conspiracy that cares.

If you're interested in learning about evolution, visit The List-O-Links.
If you'd like to understand the concept of speciation, visit Micro-evolution, Macro-evolution, and Speciation.
If you're serious about debating this issue, see How to argue against a scientific theory.
If you're permanently stuck on stupid, but determined to post anyway, use the Evolution Troll's Toolkit.

[VadeRetro]

Somewhere, I've read that chimps show an inherent, unlearned fear of snakes. Fits in, if so.

[yoe]

"There's an evolutionary arms race between the predators and prey. Primates get better at spotting and avoiding snakes, so the snakes get better at concealment, or more venomous, and the primates respond," Isbell said.

The perfect analogy of Hezbollah, the snake who hides among the Lebanese people to do their savage work……………

[wyattearp]

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself.....and snakes."

And spiders. They creep me out. Has anybody done a DNA analysis of spiders? Spiders are just so... alien.

[VadeRetro]

Well, now I have the insider's scoop on science.

[Hoplite]

This doesn't look good for the Irish.

[Migraine]

For example, the lemurs of Madagascar do not have any venomous snakes in their environment, and in evolutionary terms "have stayed where they are,"

Or, following the theme of this brilliant research, maybe the lemurs evolved such great eyes that the snakes just gave up on the arms race and decided to leave Madagascar altogether. Have you seen the size of those lemur-eyes? Those are "star-wars" eyes, the SDI's of evolution. They need to pay this lady a lot of public loot for this amazing discovery.

[null and void]

LOL!

[happyathome]

Evolution is a hypothesis - it is neither proven fact nor universally accepted science. Its flaws and holes have been repeatedly pointed out. Rather than address those flaws and holes, proponents of the hypothesis lump their critics in the category of "uneducated fanatics" and go back to spinning fantastic elaborations of the theory.

[Condorman]

[E]volution can't explain how they got eyes and limbs in the first place.

What do you mean when you say "evolution?"

[Vaquero]

"I Hate Snakes!"

[7thson]

On airplanes!

[MineralMan]

"Typical evolutionary mumbo-jumbo. They try to use evolution to explain how primates use their eyes and limbs, to conceal the fact that evolution can't explain how they got eyes and limbs in the first place.

"

I see. Well, I'm convinced by your explanation, fer shure.

NOTICE: MineralMan is now a confirmed YEC creationist. Yessir, that's the ticket....

[hail to the chief]

Evolutionists addressing supposed flaws and holes in evolution.

Evidence for the theory of evolution.

[hail to the chief]

Pfft. I'll believe it when a Pikachu evolves wings.