New View on Evolution!

Discussion in 'Philosophy and Religion' started by lifelovefun, Jul 6, 2007.

  1. lifelovefun

    lifelovefun Member

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    What if instead of Monkey's evolving into Men - Men are actually evolving into Monkey's! A De-Evolution of sorts
     
  2. MeAgain

    MeAgain Dazed & Confused Lifetime Supporter Super Moderator

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    According to the theories of evolution humans did not descend from monkeys, humans and monkeys share a comman ancestor that existed prior to both, about 5 to 8 million years ago.
     
  3. lifelovefun

    lifelovefun Member

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    Than we're De-Evolving into that thing
     
  4. Iconoclast

    Iconoclast Member

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    That's not possible.
     
  5. lifelovefun

    lifelovefun Member

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    Yes it is! Anything is possible!!!
     
  6. broony

    broony Banned

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    Now i "heard" that are jaws are slowly getting smaller and smaller no?
     
  7. smokindude

    smokindude Senior Member

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    God created humans. God created the animals. God created the monkeys, too.
     
  8. Fallout55

    Fallout55 Banned

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    So^ whats does that have to do with evolution?

    Are you trying to say nothing has ever evolved, and that every thing has always been the same as it is now because of god?
     
  9. rebelfight420

    rebelfight420 Banned

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    ? umm no
     
  10. natural philosophy

    natural philosophy bitchass sexual chocolate

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    don't question god!!!!!
     
  11. Dark||Nomad

    Dark||Nomad Member

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    "God" or Yahweh didnt create shit. Heres how.

    In order to create something you have to exist first.

    Life is basically lightning that struck a swamp and our old gods evolved right along with us.
     
  12. in da snake

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    i think were evolving into weaker but really smart people. Technology requires lots of brains, even medevil people with our education wouldn't full understand, or be able to learn like we are now. But even going back 100 years almost everyone is stronger and got sick less than today's people. so in another thousand we'll all be weak, fat, but really smart people...technology demands it.
     
  13. BudToker

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    So what? That is not de-evolution, it is evolution.

    De-evolution is indeed impossible unless you can travel backward in time. Even if we turned into monkeys (or into that other ancestor people speak of), it would still be evolution. There would be some reason for turning into w/e we turned into, it is a natural thing to better the species of w/e is evolving due to a changing environment. Therefore if we evolved into monkeys there would be a reason to do so and we would indeed be evolving, not de-evolving.
     
  14. BudToker

    BudToker Senior Member

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    But with that intelligence and technology we will more than likely be able to have a pill (or something of the sort) to make people stronger and more physically fit. Or we will have cybernetic limbs and such (not far from being true right now). So more than likely, the smarter we become, the better we will be at combating weakness and obesity, among other things.
     
  15. Iconoclast

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    You obviously don't understand even the 101-basics of evolution then.
     
  16. Stubb0rnSt0n3r

    Stubb0rnSt0n3r Banned

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    or perhaps this is another little crux of placing too much on words, and not spreading around enough meaning.
    Remember words are cheap!

    Anyways, about time travel, going back in time, then that's just evolving the notion of using time travel to figure out we can't devolve unless the time god decides listening to life is also good in rewind!
    CHEERS!
     
  17. Dark||Nomad

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    "Devolution", is the evolution of a species into more "primitive" forms. Many lay people see evolution as "progress", reflecting the ideas of Lamarckism. However, scientists recognize that evolution by natural selection is directionless, and so "devolution" is still actually evolution.

    From wikipedia
     
  18. Stubb0rnSt0n3r

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  19. Dark||Nomad

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    lay off the bong... lol

    There is no backwards evolution. I see it like this (and so does science).

    Evolution is random mutations. If those random mutations help an organism survive to the point of being able to pass those mutations on to its offspring, then those mutations become embedded into the DNA and you have a change in that species.

    For instance... several cave dwellers no longer have eyes, or have eyes that have no use. They did not devolve. There were random mutations that helped them out, in the fact that since they are living in pitch black darkness they no longer need eyes. Which means nutrients could be directed to other places in the body.

    The only way people could do anything remotely similar to what has been described here as devolution is if some huge disaster occured that ended civilized life as we know it and reduced populations to pockets of a handful of people. These isolated pockets (as long as they didnt intermingle) would begin to evolove traits to suit their environments. If people lived in northern regions they might begin to evolve a lot more hair and shorty stockier bodies to conserve energy (or people would begin to resemble Neanderthals). This is in no way backwards evolution, however.
     
  20. Stubb0rnSt0n3r

    Stubb0rnSt0n3r Banned

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    No offense man, but can you see the arrogance in your own tone?

    I'm merely stating my opinion, at the moment, as ofcourse opinion is an everchanging thing, especially for the cerebrally active.

    Though I do enjoy the stimulation...
    as I find it most copesettic to deliberately converse topics of stimulating interest.

    And I can't lay off the bong, until I settle and get a new one...
     

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