This is a thread about evolution. I'm hoping -- perhaps in vain -- that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs.
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-33 next last
To: VadeRetro; Junior; longshadow; RadioAstronomer; Doctor Stochastic; js1138; Shryke; RightWhale; ...
2 posted on
07/18/2006 9:07:54 AM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(The Enlightenment gave us individual rights, free enterprise, and the theory of evolution.)
To: PatrickHenry
Dogs that would have otherwise died in the wild would have survived because humans would have allowed them toAs the owner of four chihuahuas I can only say "Amen!"
3 posted on
07/18/2006 9:09:45 AM PDT by
white trash redneck
(Everything I needed to know about Islam I learned on 9-11-01.)
To: PatrickHenry
So far it's just another thread about extreme variation within a single species.
For all we know the variation arises out of DNA mythelation and not from genetic change.
In any case, anyone have an idea on which chromosome we'll find the gene that prevents chihuahua dogs from being permanently toilet trained? Those little suckers FORGET.
4 posted on
07/18/2006 9:10:05 AM PDT by
muawiyah
(-)
To: PatrickHenry
"that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs"
That's an invitation to Helen Thomas pics.
5 posted on
07/18/2006 9:11:15 AM PDT by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: PatrickHenry
Genetic diversity, in this instance, seems to be result of a series of interventions by a series of intelligent designers.
Good info.
7 posted on
07/18/2006 9:12:43 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
("He hits me, he cries, he runs to the court and sues me.")
To: PatrickHenry
But they're still wolves.
No, wait...
8 posted on
07/18/2006 9:12:56 AM PDT by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: PatrickHenry
The diversity of dog breeds can be attributed to the 48 pair of chromosomes in comparison to the 22 pair found in humans.
11 posted on
07/18/2006 9:14:31 AM PDT by
colorcountry
( Run with scissors???? I can barely jog my memory)
To: PatrickHenry
This isn't merely evolution; it's intelligently designed evolution. :-)
To: PatrickHenry
Very interesting article but I would note that humans are just as much a part of nature as are dogs.
16 posted on
07/18/2006 9:19:08 AM PDT by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: PatrickHenry
My fat, fluffy, spoiled kitty-cat couldn't survive in the wild, either. I think she'd starve to death rather than dine on mice, waiting for someone to bring her the kibble.
20 posted on
07/18/2006 9:21:30 AM PDT by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: Dysart
this should be fun later mark
25 posted on
07/18/2006 9:23:09 AM PDT by
Dysart
To: PatrickHenry
But isn't evolution a fairy tale for Atheists?
26 posted on
07/18/2006 9:23:19 AM PDT by
bigcat32
To: PatrickHenry
"A lot of the changes over dog evolution would have provided the raw material that humans have used to shape different breeds," Webster said. Then why didn't they shape them to keep quiet in the middle of the night and let me sleep?
39 posted on
07/18/2006 9:34:29 AM PDT by
bankwalker
(An accusation is often a subconscious confession.)
To: PatrickHenry
Humans have successfully manipulated dogs' genetics until the dogs have us just where they want us.
To: PatrickHenry
The Human-Influenced Evolution of Dogs oxymoron alert.
49 posted on
07/18/2006 9:58:05 AM PDT by
DungeonMaster
(More and more churches are nada scriptura.)
To: PatrickHenry
I believe that in someways, man and dog co-evolved, together.
54 posted on
07/18/2006 10:03:07 AM PDT by
Paradox
(Removing all Doubt since 1998!)
To: PatrickHenry
"I'm hoping -- perhaps in vain -- that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs."
That, at least, would be better than what we usually get on any thread that mentions evolution.
58 posted on
07/18/2006 10:07:48 AM PDT by
-YYZ-
To: PatrickHenry
The preceding mathemagical message has been brought to you by the FreeRepublic Evolution Thread "In-Before-Hitler-Post" Prevention Society.
61 posted on
07/18/2006 10:13:40 AM PDT by
Hoplite
To: PatrickHenry
No cutsy pics, but you have to put up with my dachshund story. As the keeper of the dog food for 6 dachshunds of varying coats...smooth, long haired, wire...I can attest to their differences through genetics/breeding. Dachushunds were called badger dogs back in the eighteenth century, and pictured with basset hounds. Then dachshunds were bred with spaniels to achieve a longhaired coat, with change in temperament, too -- laid back, spaniel-like. Terriers were bred to dachshunds to get the wire coat and fiery terrier temperament. Really interesting, although my smooth male, supposedly tough, was nothing of the sort before being fixed. Once neutered, he turned into Mr. Hyde. All the testosterone went to the brain.
64 posted on
07/18/2006 10:16:03 AM PDT by
hershey
To: PatrickHenry
The damage the AKC has done to the German Shephard is a crime. The back legs are so short it looks like they are on training wheels (Americans like an angular back).
If you see German Shephards from German and compare them to the American version you can see the difference.
68 posted on
07/18/2006 10:19:34 AM PDT by
freedumb2003
(A Conservative will die for individual freedom. A Liberal will kill you for the good of society.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-33 next last
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson