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To: Seeking the truth
why hasn't evolution allowed mother's birth canals to develop large enough for the increased brain size?

That's more criticism against your "intelligent designer", you know.

7 posted on 05/09/2002 3:28:37 PM PDT by jlogajan
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To: jlogajan
why hasn't evolution allowed mother's birth canals to develop large enough for the increased brain size?

WHAT increased brain size? I suppose you havent seen this article...

U.S. high school seniors ignorant of country's history

13 posted on 05/09/2002 3:38:50 PM PDT by montag813
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logjam, I'd think you'd be more happy posting over at democratic underground. Why don't you leave?
89 posted on 05/10/2002 4:04:41 AM PDT by Robert-J
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To: jlogajan
why hasn't evolution allowed mother's birth canals to develop large enough for the increased brain size?

Evolution doesn't strive for something or have some goal in mind (unlike the claims of the ID supporters). Evolution is a description of what happens. The simple observation that traits are inherited, new traits occur, and these traits influence the survival rates of their carriers is the core of evolutionary theory.

In answer to your question, if we lived lives that 'punished' small birth canals more severely (in other words, we eschewed our technology and modern conveniences to help mother/child survival), we'd see an increase in the size of birth canals. Eventually. Under ID, the increase in brain size and the increase in birth canal size would've happened at the same time which is contrary to observation.

107 posted on 05/10/2002 6:56:52 AM PDT by WileyC
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