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Neuron-Packed Bird Brains Point to Creation
Institute for Creation Research ^ | 6-20-16 | Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D.

Posted on 06/20/2016 8:26:33 AM PDT by fishtank

Neuron-Packed Bird Brains Point to Creation

by Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D. *

The amazing ability of birds to achieve ape-level cognitive traits—and in some cases exceed them like when they emulate human speech—has long confounded the evolutionary paradigm that claims humans evolved from apes. Now the bird intelligence evolutionary quandary has worsened as described in a new research report that shows bird brains contain over twice as many neurons per unit area as ape brains.

(Excerpt) Read more at icr.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: belongsinreligion; birds; corvids; creation; notanewstopic; notasciencetopic
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1 posted on 06/20/2016 8:26:33 AM PDT by fishtank
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To: fishtank

“engineered adaptability”


2 posted on 06/20/2016 8:27:08 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: fishtank

Of course, it proves creation, but so do thousands of other examples. Complex systems cannot arise by chance events.


3 posted on 06/20/2016 8:29:42 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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To: fishtank
My mother-in-law used to refer to me as the “bird brain” little did I know she was praising me.
4 posted on 06/20/2016 8:30:18 AM PDT by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: fishtank

I’m still clinging to my “Grandma was a protozoa” theory. We MUST exclude God from scientific inquiry no matter where the evidence leads!


5 posted on 06/20/2016 8:31:06 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Though we spend our lives in isolation Girdled 'round by the Emerald Sea No fear shall we know. Al S)
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To: fishtank

I like it that they’re so smart.


6 posted on 06/20/2016 8:31:13 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: fishtank
...claims humans evolved from apes.

Stopped reading right there. That has never been claimed and interjecting a known falsehood into one's claims immediately labels the rest of this screed as irrelevant.

7 posted on 06/20/2016 8:31:38 AM PDT by Utilizer
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

Did you excel at building nests? lol


8 posted on 06/20/2016 8:31:50 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Though we spend our lives in isolation Girdled 'round by the Emerald Sea No fear shall we know. Al S)
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To: fishtank

Meanwhile, marijuana packed bird brains point to Socialism at Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton rallies.


9 posted on 06/20/2016 8:34:51 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: fishtank

My daughter has macaw like that. They are very smart. But as Rush Limbaugh once said, he’s waiting for the smart animals to build animal condos, animal colleges, animal superhighways and animal computers.


10 posted on 06/20/2016 8:35:34 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: Utilizer

Our earliest ancestor was a single-celled organism, according to evolutionists. How stupid is THAT?


11 posted on 06/20/2016 8:39:27 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Though we spend our lives in isolation Girdled 'round by the Emerald Sea No fear shall we know. Al S)
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To: Rennes Templar

And waiting for the Haitians to.


12 posted on 06/20/2016 8:39:43 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: fishtank

or not

parallel evolution


13 posted on 06/20/2016 8:41:43 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
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To: Utilizer

What is the difference between saying that

“humans evolved from apes”,

or that

“humans and apes evolved from a common ancestor”?

A distinction without a difference, imho.


“I put up a smokescreen once,

but then I realized that it was only because

my shoes were on fire.”

-— inspired by the late great Ernest P. Worrell.


14 posted on 06/20/2016 8:42:11 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: fishtank

I have two blue and golds. They are pretty smart. The African Grey and Panama yellow head are much, much more vocal. My male Blue and Gold knows one word. My Panama Yellow head I gave away because he wouldn’t shut up.

My 7 year old Doberman gets so frustrated trying to talk it is almost comic. He tries desperately to talk and we know what he is trying to say but the poor boy just doesn’t have the anatomical apparatus. He sits and watches my wife talk intently such that it seems he is trying to learn how to do it.

I think we have to be careful we don’t equate vocalizations with intelligence. I have no doubt the Doberman is smarter than the macaws. They sit in a cage while the dog has the run of the house and yard. Something to ponder.


15 posted on 06/20/2016 8:42:36 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: MUDDOG

Yeah, and several others!


16 posted on 06/20/2016 8:43:04 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: fishtank

Brain theory is conjecture. Dolphins should be as intelligent as humans according to the degreed “experts” theories. Yet they’ve never posted signs that say “Please don’t kill us.”


17 posted on 06/20/2016 8:47:24 AM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
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To: wastoute
vocalizations

Can get around that with a touchpad.

They've done it with apes.

18 posted on 06/20/2016 8:47:51 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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19 posted on 06/20/2016 8:52:24 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: MUDDOG

And they all voted for libtards...


20 posted on 06/20/2016 8:53:45 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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