Posted on 04/14/2007 10:18:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
If that's the case, wouldn't finding protein as diverse as chicken and newt in the same sample be even MORE remarkable? I'm not trying to be obtuse here. I was a political science major, which is as close as I got to biological science.
Now I'm really confused.
I don't really know enough about this to answer. In principle, though, if the sequences are short enough they might match those of other taxa just by chance. Also, I'm guessing here, because the collagen fufills a simple mechanical role, and therefore doesn't have to "co-evolve" in complex ways with other proteins, there would be more freedom for (noncrucial portions of) the protein sequence to evolve randomly in this direction and that, increasing a bit the likelihood that sequences from different taxa -- from different times -- might match by chance.
Both of the above are especially true of collagen isn't a particularly complex protein, which I suspect from it's structural nature, that it probably isn't.
That makes sense. But further reduces the value of what was discussed in the article. If the identity of the proteins was determined by chance, then there is just as much likelihood the seven protein fragments evaluated could have matched dolphins as chickens.
Could you check the Hal Linsey book and see if he cites a source for this information?
Sorry, I don’t have the book handy, I just remember reading it years ago.
Sorry, I dont have the book handy, I just remember reading it years ago.
You are citing a book you read years ago, whose original citation you therefore do not have, as evidence that some living elephant was radiocarbon dated to 3,000 years ago? And this is supposed to show that the radiocarbon method is not accurate?
I would need more evidence than that before I made such a claim.
Unless you can provide some support, such as a reference to the original article that supports your claim, I am going to regard your claim as unsubstantiated.
Psuedo-science ping.
Argumentum ad chutzpah.
Meet our #1 freerepublic creep. This is what zarf considers intellectual.
Only a complete moron would. If curing cancer became legal, the entire disease industry would go broke.
Paul Crouch, is that you?
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Really? As I stated at the very start of my very first comment on this thread, I have zero interest in an evolution/creationism debate. No offense, but I am certain I could not care less about what any Freeper thinks regarding evolution or creation. You can scan my entire posting record and note that I have never participated in any of the countless "debates" on this site on that topic. Instead, my comments were directed specifically at what I read in this AP article. Let me offer some highlights here...
"This allows you to get the chance to say, 'Wait, they really are related because their sequences are related.' We didn't get enough sequences to definitively say that, but what sequences we got support that idea."
" it "changes the idea that birds and dinosaurs are related from a hypothesis to a theory."
"Three matched chickens, two matched several species including chickens, one matched a protein from a newt and the other from a frog."
So this AP article describes research that looked at seven fragments of protein and determined three matched chickens, two matched "several species" (ducks, whales, naked mole rats?!!?), one matched newts and one matched frogs. Short of them being all living creatures (assumed considering they are studying collagen) that is about as conclusive as grabbing seven items at random from a supermarket, discovering four contain chicken and declaring the supermarket is a chicken ranch. Even the scientist quoted in the article states they don't have enough data to definitively say anything. And this stunning breakthrough has raised the level of their work from hypothesis to theory. Which prompts one of the more ridiculous phrases I've read in a long time..."This allows you to get the chance to say...".
Soooo, I highlight in my first post that this absolute non-conclusion could hardly be more broad. For that comment I am labeled "a mouth breather", called "scarey", and accused of being afraid of scientific research. This, presumably from someone who considers himself well educated in these matters. I respond to that person and you accuse me of not understanding "scientific text" and being an unsafe pilot. And now you are lecturing me on "logical analysis"?!!?
If this thread was the result of someone posting an article from Scientific American, your comments might have some merit. But it isn't. If my comments were a statement for or against evolution or creationism, your comments might have some merit. But they weren't. Instead, your comments, and several others on this thread smack of a defensive knee jerk reaction related to a topic I clearly stated I had no interest in.
I'll read the link you sent me out of personal interest. But my comments regarding THIS article on THIS thread stand as posted.
Posted originally by Rokke
I know of some lovely home sites that you'd likely be interested in, just a few furlongs off the coast of florida...
Science at its best, I see.
Wow, what a mind-numbingly convenient concept!
Never mind the fact that such a situation proves the fact that dating is based in completely circular reasoning.
Wow, what a mind-numbingly convenient concept!
Never mind the fact that such a situation proves the fact that dating is based in completely circular reasoning.
And you have some evidence that radiocarbon dating is inaccurate?
Perhaps you could share it with us. Please include the details which would lead us to believe your claim, as opposed to mainstream science.
You must be related to that other thick-headed Al, Gore.
No, the T-Rex bones that have yielded the material for this venture in propaganda are quite solid to the core.
Dinosaurs never existed, its a trick by Satan and liberals.
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