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To: allmendream

Wow, so pompous. You’re even willing to argue about another word (In addition to science, species, etc.), “pedigree” for which you know no definition.

Pedigree: 4. background: the background, history, or origin of something, especially a group

It’s a commonly used phrase in the academic community, something you show ever increasingly to have no familiarity with. Talk about the “straw man” fallacy you keep spouting, you’re not using a dictionary when a word’s definition is outside your understanding, yet claim your own ignorance like it’s a superior understanding. Wow, just wow.


78 posted on 03/25/2011 10:51:46 PM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: JDW11235
So much for your pomposity with your “without rancor”. THAT didn't last long.

I have yet to hear an academic refer to his education as a “pedigree”. I find it amusing that you keep your “pedigreed” scientist on a short leash.

Way to fixate upon speciation when I am talking about evolution of dogs from wolves. Speciation, like common ancestry, is A result of evolution, but it is not necessary for speciation to occur for there to be evolution taking place.

Much like a valley need not be formed in order to demonstrate that erosion is taking place. Yet valleys do form due to erosion.

Much like a planet need not be formed in order to demonstrate that gravity is taking place. Yet planets do form due to gravity.

Humans are all the same species, yet those populations from northern climates have evolved pale skin in order to absorb sunlight for making vitamin D and avoid rickets.

What mechanism do you suppose is responsible for local climate adaptive traits in Human populations?

And dogs are an excellent example of variations that arise within a population that are subject to selection (in this case human selection).

Contrary to your uninformed opinion - there are no variations of wire haired short limbo floppy eared wolves. All those genetic variations are mutations from the wolf design - and they are adaptive and useful variations.

That is what you are, last time I checked, making an argument against. That a domesticated wolf population is only going to ‘lose information’; and that there will NOT be useful and adaptive CHANGES to that information.

Try to stick to the subject.

79 posted on 03/26/2011 5:11:54 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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