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| Fien'Dur wrote: | | The numbers are against you "Non-Believers" of evolution. |
Numbers mean very little. You can have 1,000 people on your side, but if Serratus, myself, and any others on our side provide more evidence, are more eloquent, and present good ideas, we can still win.
Consider the American Revolution. The British outnumbered the Americans. Look who won?
As for the apes part, Serratus is right. I believe I already stated this, but I'll repeat it because it holds value for this as well.
| Quote: | | The evolutionary process for humans started over 2.3 to 2.4 million years ago in Africa, when the entire Homo species broke off from the Australopithecus. Meaning they were no longer close enough in physical attributes to be the same species. Around 5-7 millions years ago, the human branch broke away from the only other "Homo" species, Chimpanzees. The humans went through several evolutions after that period, which include the Homo erectus, which inhabited Asia, and Homo neanderthalensis, which inhabited Europe. The final step to Homo Sapiens occurred 400,000-250,000 years ago. |
Chimpanzees are the only species similar to humans. All other apes are entirely different and split away from the human ancestors around 2.4 million years ago. So watching modern day apes and monkeys will not yield many comparable instances.
You are not likely to see any evidence of evolution. As already stated, it is a long process. Chimpanzees could very well be evolving. But even if they were right now, you wouldn't live long enough to see the "end product".
Of course there is no end product, because even today, Humans are still evolving. We are a lot taller, smarter, faster, stronger, and live longer lives now. Granted the longevity is due mainly to medicine.
There is no help with the fossil gap. There are many circumstances that could have created it. Catestrophic events, like an asteroid that wiped out entire species leaving no evidence. Or just having entire species die out in areas ill suited to leaving fossils. Just because something dies does not mean that a fossil will be formed. There are hundreds of species of dinosaurs that we have no fossils for. Granted, that is an assumption, but a valid one.
Then there is the argument about if fundamentalism is correct, then why do we find these other fossils? If we were created in just one day, complete and whole. What are these other species doing here? Why are the fossils there?
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| Emperor Shadow wrote: | | The Military has always been a good counter-weight to my agendas.. |
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