Do you believe in the Theory of Evolution?
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Evolution in biology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Evolution as theory and fact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Evidence include:
* Fossil evidence: http://evolution.berkeley.edu...
* Homologies: http://evolution.berkeley.edu...
* Distribution in time and space: http://evolution.berkeley.edu...
* Evidence by example: http://evolution.berkeley.edu...
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A highly resolved, automatically generated Evolutionary tree, based on completely sequenced genomes: http://upload.wikimedia.org/w...
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Human evolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
More info:
1. University of California, Berkeley: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
2. National Academies Evolution Resources: http://nationalacademies.org/...
3. http://science.howstuffworks....
4. http://www.newscientist.com/c...
5. http://www.rationalrevolution...
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The origin of life?
Finding More Organics in Space: http://astrobio.net/news/modu...
Many of the ingredients for life formed in outer space. The Earth formed from star dust, and later meteorites and comets delivered even more materials to our planet. But scientists are still unsure which molecules played the most important roles in life's origin.
More than 4 billion years ago, when our solar system was born from a large collapsing dust cloud, early Earth was bombarded by meteors and comets, which carried organics that formed between the stars. Scientists theorize that a fraction of these organics may have survived the cataclysmic impacts on Earth and may have played a role in the origin of life. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/a...
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RealityApologist October 12, 2008 00:51:02Yes, but there have to be done more research.
+9Evolution is certainly true. The _theory_ part revolves around the specifics of precisely how it happened--that's what's still up for debate and fine-tuning.
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Its really worth going on YouTube to watch concordance, aronra, thunderfoot, living dinosaur and potholer54 - they break everything down in bite sizes for people like me to understand and read up on and that's not withstanding stopspamming1 or 2!
To sun being the center of our solar system was just a theory.
Mathematics is just a theory.
Gravity is just a theory.
Electricity is just a theory.
Musical structure is just a theory.
I think when it comes to the theory of evolution.....I'm going to side with the theory.
If you refuse to believe in anything that is not in the Bible however, read Genesis 1:24. I do believe you will find there Biblical proof of evolution when it states, "and God said, 'Let the Earth produce living creatures according to its kind'"
Basically saying, depending on where an animal lives, it will adapt to its surroundings. All those little adaptations eventually result in evolution.
Another example, wisdom teeth. More people now days do not have wisdom teeth. Why? because we now eat processed foods which do not have dirt in them. The reason for wisdom teeth was to replace others that were ground down from the dirt in foods.
Another example, chickens. While inside the egg, chickens have more tail vertebrae then when they hatch. This is because of their evolution from dinosaurs, which had those extra tail vertebrae. Also, we can turn on and off "switches in a chickens DNA while it is developing in the egg, and cause it to grow scales instead of feathers, teeth ...""
To sun being the center of our solar system was just a theory.
Mathematics is just a theory.
Gravity is just a theory.
Electricity is just a theory.
Musical structure is just a theory.
I think when it comes to the theory of evolution.....I'm going to side with the theory.
If you refuse to believe in anything that is not in the Bible however, read Genesis 1:24. I do believe you will find there Biblical proof of evolution when it states, "and God said, 'Let the Earth produce living creatures according to its kind'"
Basically saying, depending on where an animal lives, it will adapt to its surroundings. All those little adaptations eventually result in evolution.
Another example, wisdom teeth. More people now days do not have wisdom teeth. Why? because we now eat processed foods which do not have dirt in them. The reason for wisdom teeth was to replace others that were ground down from the dirt in foods.
Another example, chickens. While inside the egg, chickens have more tail vertebrae then when they hatch. This is because of their evolution from dinosaurs, which had those extra tail vertebrae. Also, we can turn on and off "switches in a chickens DNA while it is developing in the egg, and cause it to grow scales instead of feathers, teeth instead of a beek, a longer tail, and arms instead of wings. Essentially, it would be a genetically engineered dinosaur. The fact that those "switches" still exist in the DNA sequence of chickens proves their evolution from dinosaurs not so long ago (geologically speaking of course).
Also, explain why humans, chimps, dolphins, and elephants have very similar DNA. Explain why the fossil records show an evolution over time. Why less complex creatures are lower on the fossil record, and over time, the more complex they become, the higher up on the record they show.
Evolution is undeniable....the theory is more fact.
monkeys dont evolve today.
god put Adam and Eve on earth as humans not as monkeys
Evidence for evolution:
1. University of California, Berkeley: http://evolution.berkeley.edu...
2. National Academies Evolution Resources: http://nationalacademies.org/...
3. http://science.howstuffworks....
4. http://www.rationalrevolution...
Humans didn't evolved from monkeys, but from common ancestor.
Read on Homo ergaster, an extinct hominid which lived throughout eastern and southern Africa between 1.9 to 1.4 million years ago with the advent of the lower Pleistocene and the cooling of the global climate.
Monkeys, Humans & all species are evolving today, but it's a slow process that take thousands of years.
Homo Sapiens evolved between 400,000 - 250,000 years ago.
Human evolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Evolution as theory and fact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Evolution in biology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Also, there are two theories of human evolution
RAO - African origin of humans & MTO - Multiregional Origin. One of these theories will become a fact, when science will prove one of them.
Indeed the scientists who believed the earth was flat and that no animals have have ever changed are decidedly wrong. But the book made neither of these claims.
It does refer to the circle of the earth though.
Evolution does make Noah's ark look very plausible though.
IM the first person to not believe in evolution this year. Only took 3 months.
Prof Dr H M Quintella
Those that have a background in biology and genetics and yet still claim to not believe evolution almost always have a religious agenda. They completely skew science as we know. Instead of making observations and forming hypotheses which can be tested, they simply look for gaps or areas that we don't fully understand and then wish to claim it "intelligent design."
These creationists are leading America into an age of scientific regression and frankly I'm disgusted by it.
But in my opinion, many don't know the theory... And how someone can accept something that they didn't study? ) Here comes the "believe"... )