The Red Queen Phenomenon –“No One Species has an Advantage on a Planet Where 99% Have Gone Extinct”

Daily Galaxy ^ | 8/18/2021

[alexander_busek]

Wouldn’t the existence of 100-million-year-old turtles invalidate “The Red Queen Hypothesis” right out of the gate?

No.

Why even bother mentioning turtles. How about 3-billion-year-old Archaea?

But the fact is that, while fossils often show that few gross morphological changes are apparent, on a microscopic level (think: immune response), tremendous strides in evolution have taken place.

No turtle currently living could breed with a 100-million-year-old turtle (were it to suddenly appear).

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

Life is always so much easier when one can discount the role of an absolute Creator that has eternal plans for man.

Many atheists don't actively deny the possibility that a god or gods might exist.

Rather, they simply say: Until I am provided with forensic-level evidence of the existence of such a god or gods, I will refrain from believing in it / them.

See my tag-line.

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

Last time a comet struck Earth, it was not a single event, but an event that lasted over 100 years and burned off 10% of the Earth’s vegetation ; and we still survived.

When was that? Are you referring to the Cretaceous-Tertiary Event? Or what? How many millions of years ago did that happen? When you say "we" survived, I assume you mean: Homo sapiens. So is this a recent event you are talking about?

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

There are life forms that have existed for thousands of years virtually unchanged. e.g. cockroaches. How does this fit?

Evolution doesn't necessarily take place in a readily apparent manner (i.e., gross morphological changes). It can also be more subtle (biochemical / metabolic changes).

Are you an expert in cockroach anatomy? Are you qualified to examine a 200-million-year-old cockroach fossil and compare it with a modern cockroach and conclude that "no evolution has occurred?"

Regards,

[VMI70]

“All this crazy talk is probably driven by” a government grant...

Just offering up a different theory ;)

[sauropod]

review

[zeugma]

// Really? How different are we from those of Washington’s time a little over 200 years ago?

Exactly. I suspect that whomever wrote this, is misstating time scales. The hypotheses given is interesting, but I’m not sure how accurate it is. Seems to be a bit of hand-waving going on.