| bungalow |
06-07-2006 08:16 PM |
The earliest known form of man was Ardipithecus ramidus dated to about 5 million years ago. Through the course 400,000 years he had evolved into two species, one of which is not know, the other of which is named Australopithecus anamenis dates to about 4.2 million years ago. The next known species of man, having evolved from Ausralopithecus anamenis, called Australopithecus africanus, inhabited the planet for approximatly 1 million years.
This can go on and on and on.
The point is, evolution is time tested. No one can prove it wrong, it works. Trial after trial after trial it works. Do you actually believe that every species that exists on earth now, existed 5 million years ago? Not only that, but evolution makes 100% perfectly logical sense. It was based on 5 years of field research, and, thought of by two respeceted scientist at approximatly the same time. This wasn't just one mans off the wall idea. The idea that species adapt to their surroundings, is that really hard for you to grasp? It is not possible that a mutation can occur during DNA replication, leading to a mutation in offspring? Do you know that these mutations occur ALL THE TIME? Do you have any understanding of basic biology? These mutations that occur, sometimes are completely unnoticable, other times they arent.
What if a mutation occured in your offsprings DNA that gave them a higher resistance to viral diseases? Then, during your childs lifetime, there is a flu pandemic that leaves millions of people dead. You offspring was able to stay alive due to this mutation in his genes. Others who surivied the pandemic also have similar mutations. These people who survived, now still have the capability to reproduce. If the people that survived are the ones who had the "diseas resistant" mutation in their DNA, and they are reproducing with each other, it is likely that the mutation will be passed down to their offspring. Over thousands of years, this can easily lead to a race of people with a very hiigh resistence to disease. These people are surving, while others without the mutations, are dying. Thus creating a new race of people. That is how evolution works. No one ever said that out of no where monkeys stopped growing fur, stood up straight, and learned to speak english.
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