Hunt for ancient human molecules (Amazing Story!)

BBC ^ | Published: 2004/02/16 22:21:33 GMT | By Richard Black

[vannrox]

cool.

[js1138]

ping

[ChicagoHebrew]

I say clone 'em. That would be the best way to learn about human evolution-- by studying a new, living "ancestor"

[Reelect President Dubya]

Professor Poinar, from McMaster University in Canada, said the key was to find fossils preserved so well that samples had not been degraded.

I see nothing new here.

This was the basic premise of Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park."

[Joee]

Is this another attempt to shoot down creation, because if it is, it's just a waste of time. To date, not one attempt has succeeded in proving evolution. In fact, in todays world, the evolution theory is just as full of holes as it was when Darwin came up with it.

[DManA]

Think man! Since our ancestors probably helped them go extinct, the reparations we'd owe them would be astronomical.

I say clone 'em.

[gcruse]

More samples of older hominids from similar sites would be most welcome, he said.

Okay, but we'll have to beat the Army Corps of Engineers to the sites before they plow them under and pour concrete on top.  Don't want to offend the animist supersititions of whatever band of government-subsidized primitives may be setting foot there every five hundred years, thereby attaining native status.

[PatrickHenry]

PING. [This ping list is for the evolution side of evolution threads, and sometimes for other science topics. FReepmail me to be added or dropped.]

[LiteKeeper]

YEC INTREP

[alwaysconservative]

I vote we start with the DNA testing of Kennewick Man, just to assure ourselves of his ethnicity, hmmmmmm?

[gcruse]

You bet.

[Dimensio]

Is this another attempt to shoot down creation,

I'm not aware of any attempts to "shoot down creation" within science.

To date, not one attempt has succeeded in proving evolution.

Scientific theories are never proven.

In fact, in todays world, the evolution theory is just as full of holes as it was when Darwin came up with it.

Only because it never had any holes from the beginning.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the interesting article, Patrick.

Bump.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

I say clone 'em. That would be the best way to learn about human evolution-- by studying a new, living "ancestor"

No need. We already have no shortage of Democrats running around.

[Ichneumon]

To date, not one attempt has succeeded in proving evolution.

Of course not -- science does not deal in "proofs". *No* scientific discovery or theory is proven. But they can still be used to build working fighter jets and computers.

In fact, in todays world, the evolution theory is just as full of holes as it was when Darwin came up with it.

Oh? Feel free to choose what you consider the very best example of a "hole" in the evolution theory and tell us what it is.

This should be fun.

[Dimensio]

Not only are they trying to demean and debase creation, they would like us to believe that the first humans appeared in Africa. LOL!!

I'm curious. What's your problem with the first humans appearing in Africa?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

It's all the 65 million year-old human fossils found by Dr. Dino. He'll be offering them on e-Bay soon as part of his bankruptcy filing. /sarcasm

[Joee]

A dog and a cat bred together making a Catsdography. ---- A real missing link somewhere? Was it the chicken or the egg? The lack of any fossile history out of millions of collected fossil's. Finally, and this will grab you, the Bible itself, which you believe or don't. Try Genesis as a starter!

[Dimensio]

A dog and a cat bred together making a Catsdography. -

Huh?

A real missing link somewhere?

What?

Was it the chicken or the egg?

I don't understand what you're trying to ask. The lack of any fossile history out of millions of collected fossil's.

What lack of "any fossile history"?

Finally, and this will grab you, the Bible itself, which you believe or don't.

You seem skilled at making statements that say absolutely nothing. "The Bible, either you believe it or you don't!". That has as much meaning as "Chocolate, either you like it or you don't.".

Try Genesis as a starter!

What does this have to do with the topic of discussion?