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To: RetiredArmyMajor

Here’s something to ponder: e.Coli, a bacteria with several varieties, divides about every 15 minutes. Now imagine how many generations that would be over the past hundred years.
Of course it’s been around much longer but this is a nice round figure. Back of an envelope calculation, A hundred years of e. Coli generations is like about a hundred million years of human generations.
And yet after all these millions of generations Mr. e. Coli is just a bacterium. I don’t think he’s ever going to be anything else.


8 posted on 07/28/2008 12:21:54 AM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: count-your-change

And please remember to wash your hands and cook your meat thoroughly.


9 posted on 07/28/2008 5:00:05 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Tax-chick's House of Herpets. We're basking - how about you?)
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To: count-your-change
And yet after all these millions of generations Mr. e. Coli is just a bacterium. I don’t think he’s ever going to be anything else.

You made the same mistake made above. There are different kinds of bacteria! Change from one type of bacteria to another demonstrates speciation (macroevolution).

Didn't you see the recent news articles? Michigan State biologist Richard Lenski and colleagues grew thousands of generations of E. coli that normally live off of glucose. After more than 30,000 generations some developed the capacity to metabolize citrate.

Now you may not think much of this, but it demonstrates speciation (macroevolution) in the laboratory--something creationists typically claim is impossible. That's a pretty good start, eh?

11 posted on 07/28/2008 7:07:00 AM PDT by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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