[PatrickHenry]

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[Saturnalia]

Quick, hide this thread from f.Christian!

[Old Professer]

I'm not comfortable with the notion that early man ventured forth simply out of curiosity; another problem I have is the obvious pigmentation differences among people of different geographical distributions while most modern mixed breeds tend to the darker parent almost exclusively.

The accepted notion of African origin is supported by the fossil record and the assumption that a benign climate acted as a stress-reducer for survival of offspring prior to established tribes or communes, but why would a satisfied animal leave such a benign climate?

All of this is too much for my small mind.

[Sabertooth]

"This new research suggests there could have been some interbreeding, but as the authors recognise, it could have been limited, and whether it happened at all is still an open question."

Sounds like a conclusive "maybe, maybe not."

Anyway, where are the Zdenek Burian pictures?

[f.Christian]

"The creation vs. evolution... drama(link)---continues."

"From here it looks like the God people are slowly winning. When you think about that, it's a logical outcome. A supreme court that opens up with a prayer comes off as a bit hypocritical when it says that religion has no place in publicly-financed institutions. That's a bit like a fox passing a law against hawks eating chickens. It is fascinating to watch as this conflict proceeds in America. In the media, the battle is portrayed as the forces of rationality and logic (science) against the forces of irrationality and ignorant bigotry (religion). Like everything else the mainstream media tells you, this description is a load of crap."

"The truth of the matter is that Galileo wasn't put under house arrest because he denied the Copernican system. Except for Genesis, which is a dynamite scientific treatise on the evolution of the universe and life on earth, the bible doesn't say a damn thing about astronomy. Comets as portents, and that Shakespeare sort of thing, yes, but other than that, it leaves the subject for other publications. The Catholic Church of Galileo's day had a number of officials who were proponents of the sun-centered point of view. Science wasn't their problem. Their problem was arrogance of another kind. Like professors in modern American universities, they thought their behinds should be kissed on a regular schedule. It wasn't what Galileo said that got him into trouble, it was the way he said it."

"He wasn't... politically---correct"(...original source/article).