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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:19 AM Original message |
Humans are still evolving |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Some days it's hard to believe. nt |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. What was the Bill Hicks line? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. Every species continues to evolve as generations pass. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I think what he's saying, and it's interesting and unprecedented, is that it's happening faster |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes, I see that... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. I think it depends how you talk about evolution |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm holding on to that hope..... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Very interesting. k&r n/t |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. i have a bit of a problem with skin pigmentation remark, it was an evolutionary change |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. yup! good ol natural selection ... |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. If history is any indication... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Isn't the scientific method an adaptive behavior? |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. dupe |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Hmm |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. skin pigmentation was a benefit in northern climates but the defect |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. Read the book "Before the Dawn". It deals with all of this. Wonderful book. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. fantastic book |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Sounds interesting. |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Pfft. Everyone knows that the planet is only 8,000 years old. |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Evolution Is More Than |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. physically evolving, intellectually devolving, I'm afraid. |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Just The Republicans |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. We know why blue eyes evolved in Northern Europe. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Part of the speedup has been enabled by rapid population replacements |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm dubious. |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. A former roommate was a missing link for sure.... |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I look at my sons-in law |
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