[PatrickHenry]

Alas for irreducible complexity.

[PatrickHenry]

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[crghill]

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!

[caffe]

You really believe this junk science?

[Emmett McCarthy]

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.

[shuckmaster]

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!

[M203M4]

"Why are there still monkeys!?"

Now available in a new flavor: "Where are the transitional ears???

[bigcat32]

300+ million years ago? What's so special about this? Evolutionary Biologists talk out of their asses to this day.

[wyattearp]

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).

[manwiththehands]

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?

[Mamzelle]

Is "Nature" magazine peer-reviewed?

[OrioleFan]

Amazing what we have been able to learn from the comet dust that just returned...

[microgood]

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.

[Syntyr]

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.

[gotribe]

So now I have to worship ear breathing tubes? Damn, this religion stuff just gets so confusing.

[FrdmLvr]

That's just preposterous! People go to such extremes just to not believe in the creation.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

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!

[claptrap]

Well this article explains everything, 370 million years
from gills to ears. Why did some fish change and others
havent changed much at all?

[Junior]

Man, this thread has brought out the Luddite rear guard like few ever have. Congrats.

[Dan(9698)]

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.

[Barnacle]

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.