Scientists Show We've Been Losing Face For 10,000 Years

The Times (UK) ^ | 11-20-2005 | Jonathan Leake

[longshadow]

Great tagline; where'd ya get it?

;-)

[RadioAstronomer]

hehe! :-)

[dread78645]

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[PatrickHenry]

Apart from Alamo Girl and betty boop and maybe grey whiskers (I say maybe only because I don't know for certain which side of the debate that he's on, not because I think him to be a troll), are there any regular-posting creationists around here who aren't trolls?

There have been, and a few were interesting to chat with, but they don't stay long. I think they're repelled by the behavior of those on "their" side. Of those who are here regularly ... maybe Elsie. A couple of others.

[Bellflower]

Excuse me, but variation within a species does not prove evolution. No creationist would ever deny variation within species. Let me know when you find a person becoming another species. Variation is inbuilt as a means for the survival of species. God created great amounts of variation as expression of His infinite creativity.

[Bellflower]

Hey a gasket just came popping out through my monitor and it seems to be yours;>)

[Bellflower]

It's been done. The test species was a variety of fruit fly. The result was two different species of fruit files that couldn't interbreed (i.e. they were more different genetically, for instance, than lions and tigers, or horses and jackasses)......

But they were still fruit flies. No one says that there is not specialization within a species. The gene info is becoming less and more selective not greater or different. Nothing is being added.

[Bellflower]

When many people say "evolution" surely you know they are often referring to the theory of evolution which is disputed because it postulates that one species is able to change into another. It depends on the context "evolution" is being spoken about. Why must we always accuse one another of being stupid ( Only the anti-evos are ignorant enough.....)? It seems if one is confident of their belief they do not need to resort to putting down other people.

[Wonder Warthog]

"But they were still fruit flies. No one says that there is not specialization within a species. The gene info is becoming less and more selective not greater or different. Nothing is being added."

Standard creationist blat, and typical failure to understand what evolution is, how it works, and what the results are. ALL EVOLUTION is about "specialization within a species" UNTIL it reaches such a point of gross specialization that said "specialized species" cannot interbreed with the base species.

Lions and tigers are definitely considered separate species, but they CAN produce offspring (though I believe that the resultant offspring is sterile). Certainly that is true of horses and jackasses--the resultant mule IS sterile. The two variants of fruit flies are less closely related than that, and thus, ARE different species, despite the fact of surface resemblance.

Genetic analysis has re-shuffled the deck on a lot of species family trees, showing that certain animals with a strong surface similarity are, in fact, not closely related at all.

[Elsie]

Seems someone is lying and it's not the Christians.

Dimensio is on top of this.

Right???

[Elsie]

Seems someone is lying and it's not the Christians.

Dimensio is on top of this.

Right???

[Elsie]

Actually, the male Chihuahua CAN breed the female Great Dane; if someone puts him up to it.....

[RadioAstronomer]

Actually, the male Chihuahua CAN breed the female Great Dane; if someone puts him up to it.....

I am very happy that was not my career choice. LOL!

[Junior]

Why is paranoia such a common trait among anti-evolutionists?

It goes along with the martyr complex.

[zeeba neighba]

Then it's your job to be out there policing them. The sad truth is that the "history" of man is just a story, and some are making it up as they go.

[zeeba neighba]

It probably can't fit into his worldview.