To: blam
However, by that time, milk production was well-evolved. The platypus has the same repertoire of milk protein genes as a cow or a human. Clearly, milk evolved long before we evolved to give birth to live offspring, says team member Jenny Graves at the Australian National University in Canberra.I was flummoxed when I read this, as it is reported with a straight face and no commentary, although...
It illustrates perfectly the dilemma that the doofuses who attack the movie "Expelled" without having seen it must face, sooner or later:
In their universe, that original statement makes no sense; that a biological feature will evolve, to satisfy a need thousands, perhaps millions of years later.
Move right along folks, nothing to see here...
54 posted on
05/07/2008 12:09:00 PM PDT by
Publius6961
(You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
To: Publius6961
It illustrates perfectly the dilemma that the doofuses who attack the movie "Expelled" without having seen it must face, sooner or later: You might want to reconsider your thoughts on this. The platypus lays eggs. The egg serves as an external uterus that provides for the fetus until birth. Milk is used for sustenance of the infant AFTER birth, so the method of birth is irrelevant to the value of milk to offspring,
60 posted on
05/07/2008 12:13:20 PM PDT by
Soliton
To: Publius6961
In their universe, that original statement makes no sense; that a biological feature will evolve, to satisfy a need thousands, perhaps millions of years later.Ehh wot? Platypus milk is perfectly serviceable in feeding baby . . . platypi? platypuses?
61 posted on
05/07/2008 12:18:25 PM PDT by
ahayes
("Impenetrability! That's what I say!")
To: Publius6961
Clearly, milk evolved long before we evolved to give birth to live offspring, says team member Jenny Graves at the Australian National University in Canberra.And
In their universe, that original statement makes no sense; that a biological feature will evolve, to satisfy a need thousands, perhaps millions of years later.
62 posted on
05/07/2008 12:21:35 PM PDT by
CarrotAndStick
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