Missing link revealed.

[Ronin4hire]

Originally Posted by ivi0nk3y

Maybe you didn't read the whole thing about anti-biotics (i.e. bacteria), that I already addressed some time ago. That was that Bacteria is special and passes down its genetic makeup to the next generation, thereby leaving it immune to certain changes in their habitat. Only bacteria share this trait.

Haha... I'm no scientist.

But bacterial evolution shows change at a cellular level, and since we are all made up of cells... go figure.

Originally Posted by ivi0nk3y

Yea that is my point.. so to have faith in it is just as "blind" as having faith in religion.

How so? If science is self correcting... then obviously the individual that "believes" in science is self correcting too.

[iPhantom]

Originally Posted by ivi0nk3y

Yea that is my point.. so to have faith in it is just as "blind" as having faith in religion.

Science is based on evidence. Like I said before, if anyone makes studies regarding evolution they will come up with the same conclusion.

Faith on religion is blind because you don't have verifiable evidence. You can't examine it further.

[RegPaq]

Originally Posted by MMM

There could be a million reasons why. Maybe they all burned to ashes in a volcanic eruption. Maybe they were swallowed miles down in a earthquake. Maybe there weren't very many of them or they were located in a limited area because of predators, geography.

Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes cover only a small area. The world is a big place and its hard to believe they only lived in one area on the entire planet. Dinosaurs were apparently wiped off the face of the earth by meteors or something, yet we can still find tons of bones from them.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by RegPaq

Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes cover only a small area. The world is a big place and its hard to believe they only lived in one area on the entire planet. Dinosaurs were apparently wiped off the face of the earth by meteors or something, yet we can still find tons of bones from them.

Why? Kangaroos still only live in Australia. There are lots of plants and berries that only grow in my corner of the US. There are some species that live on on single small islands in the tropics.

We just don't know.

[RegPaq]

How come the previous "missing" links that we found have been in areas all over the world then?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by RegPaq

How come the previous "missing" links that we found have been in areas all over the world then?

Different missing links are from different points in history and are not the same animals.

[RegPaq]

Thats kind of confusing to me, would you mind explaining more on that? I've always thought it to be a linear evolution

[MMM]

Originally Posted by RegPaq

Thats kind of confusing to me, would you mind explaining more on that? I've always thought it to be a linear evolution

Linear? I am not sure what you mean.

This article explains it in pretty easy-to-understand terms.

Salt Lake City Freethinking Examiner: Evolution Explained#1: In the beginning...

These two are more continuing discussions and misconceptions

Salt Lake City Freethinking Examiner: Evolution Explained #2: Misperceptions and predictions

Salt Lake City Freethinking Examiner: Evolution Explained #3: Fundamental Unity

[RegPaq]

Oh I'm sorry, I misunderstood your previous statement. But if they were all over the place that means they weren't in one small area. Linear as in ape->missing link->to human. and its strange how only human intelligence improved drastically among every other specie, huh?

[iPhantom]

Originally Posted by RegPaq

Oh I'm sorry, I misunderstood your previous statement. But if they were all over the place that means they weren't in one small area. Linear as in ape->missing link->to human. and its strange how only human intelligence improved drastically among every other specie, huh?

Evolution isn't the same for all species. That is why all animals have not the same intellect.