Alas for irreducible complexity.
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2 posted on
01/18/2006 6:11:57 PM PST by
PatrickHenry
(Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
Our ears could have started evolutionary life as a tube for breathing, say scientists, after examining the ancestral structure in a 370-million-year-old fossil fish.
Why do scientists continue to deny the fact that God created mankind? There is more scientific evidence that points to that fact than the scientists can ever make up for their imaginary beliefs. Our ears never breathed...what a bunch of hooey!
3 posted on
01/18/2006 6:14:19 PM PST by
crghill
To: PatrickHenry
You really believe this junk science?
5 posted on
01/18/2006 6:15:16 PM PST by
caffe
To: PatrickHenry
All these "discoveries" and "facts" seem to be set 370 million years ago. I think they do that so that not as many people will laugh at them.
To: PatrickHenry
provides tangible evidence against the idea, put forward by some proponents of creationism, that sensory organs are so intricate that they must have been designed by a higher being. Brazeau says: "It's a slap in the face to that kind of thinking." That kind of ignorant thinking needs all the slaps in the face and kicks in the butt educated people can possibly dish out!
7 posted on
01/18/2006 6:16:32 PM PST by
shuckmaster
(An oak tree is an acorns way of making more acorns)
To: PatrickHenry
"Why are there still monkeys!?"
Now available in a new flavor: "Where are the transitional ears???
10 posted on
01/18/2006 6:18:38 PM PST by
M203M4
(Sarcasm tags are overrated)
To: PatrickHenry
300+ million years ago? What's so special about this? Evolutionary Biologists talk out of their asses to this day.
17 posted on
01/18/2006 6:21:30 PM PST by
bigcat32
To: PatrickHenry
Some have previously speculated that our ancient ears may have had a role in breathing. Well, that certainly explains a few things. Everytime I get an earache, three days later - BAM - I get bronchitis or pneumonia. I am AKA 'the wearer of the dorky hat with the earflaps on a sunny day guy' (which was far too long to use as a screenname).
18 posted on
01/18/2006 6:22:36 PM PST by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: PatrickHenry
So, for how many generations did our ancestors have to live with a hole in their heads before it became a lousy "ear" before it became an ear?
And for how many generations did "dinosaurs" have to live with lousy "arms with feathers" before they became wings?
20 posted on
01/18/2006 6:23:04 PM PST by
manwiththehands
(The only politician worse than a crooked democRat is a crooked Republican.)
Is "Nature" magazine peer-reviewed?
31 posted on
01/18/2006 6:27:58 PM PST by
Mamzelle
To: PatrickHenry
Amazing what we have been able to learn from the comet dust that just returned...
33 posted on
01/18/2006 6:28:14 PM PST by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: PatrickHenry
The demonstration of an organ evolving provides tangible evidence against the idea, put forward by some proponents of creationism, that sensory organs are so intricate that they must have been designed by a higher being. Brazeau says: "It's a slap in the face to that kind of thinking."
This statement puts into doubt any objectivity on the part of the researcher. It appears the motive behind the work is not related to advancing scientific knowledge, but sticking a hot poker in the eye of those he detests.
To: PatrickHenry
Just throwing it out there...
Macro Evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics. Nothing gets more complicated without external influences. We did not evolve from some ooze.
Micro evolution yes. Macro no. I leave it to your own belief system to determine how that happened.
44 posted on
01/18/2006 6:31:35 PM PST by
Syntyr
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To: PatrickHenry
So now I have to worship ear breathing tubes? Damn, this religion stuff just gets so confusing.
65 posted on
01/18/2006 6:42:00 PM PST by
gotribe
(Hillary: Accessory to Rape)
To: PatrickHenry
That's just preposterous! People go to such extremes just to not believe in the creation.
82 posted on
01/18/2006 6:54:03 PM PST by
FrdmLvr
To: PatrickHenry
Our ears could have started evolutionary life as a tube for breathing, say scientists....
Ancient fish have a narrow channel from the roof of the skull into the mouth, known as a spiracle...
Some have previously speculated that our ancient ears may have had a role in breathing.
On the basis of this new fossil evidence, the team speculates that the widened spiracle may have served Panderichthys much like the breathing holes used by modern-day sharks and rays. These allow the fish to inhale water over their gills while lying on the seabed, and avoid gulping in grit through the mouth.
The demonstration of an organ evolving provides tangible evidence against the idea, put forward by some proponents of creationism, that sensory organs are so intricate that they must have been designed by a higher being. Brazeau says: "It's a slap in the face to that kind of thinking." |
Nothing like Hard, Hard proof to slap down an argument. Wow! I still feel the sting!
86 posted on
01/18/2006 6:55:01 PM PST by
aMorePerfectUnion
(outside a good dog, a book is your best friend. inside a dog it's too dark to read)
To: PatrickHenry
Well this article explains everything, 370 million years
from gills to ears. Why did some fish change and others
havent changed much at all?
89 posted on
01/18/2006 6:55:50 PM PST by
claptrap
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To: PatrickHenry
Man, this thread has brought out the Luddite rear guard like few ever have. Congrats.
91 posted on
01/18/2006 6:56:49 PM PST by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: PatrickHenry
Our ears could have started evolutionary life as a tube for breathing,...
I beleive it. Even now there are examples of that.
I have seen several people with holes in their earlobes.
To: PatrickHenry
Our ears could have started evolutionary life as a tube for breathing, say scientists, after examining the ancestral structure in a 370-million-year-old fossil fish. Yeah. Well, I studied a 371-million-year-old fossil fish and concluded that our (#^% could have started evolutionary life as a $#@^ for $#@^ing.
99 posted on
01/18/2006 7:00:13 PM PST by
Barnacle
(The Democrat Party consists of a gaggle of criminal defense attorneys, and their clients.)
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