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| ngc1514 | May 28 2009, 11:29 PM Post #1 |
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Quite understandable how this can be done if evolution is correct, but it becomes a bit more problematic under a creationist scheme of things. What man can do with some difficulty, but in very short time frames in a small laboratory opens a window (not that one is needed for most of the world... only the young earth creationists!) to show what nature, genetics and natural selection can do over geologically long time spans with the whole world as a laboratory.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/ap_on_sc/us_sci_monkey_genes_7 |
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| Deleted User | May 29 2009, 12:57 AM Post #2 |
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Been reading about the glow-in-the-dark monkeys! I suppose it could be argued this is not "true" mutation since genetic material is initially transferred. But as I understand it many such transfers occur in nature, with genetic matierial gained from bacteria and viruses. |
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| ngc1514 | May 29 2009, 01:19 AM Post #3 |
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Makes not a whit of difference whether it's a "true" mutation or not, Chris. The creationists are stuck with a massive "mutation" of a marmoset's DNA yet the animal is apparently doing well as an individual AND breeding true. There is nothing in creation handwaving that can account for this. Which is why they have never attempted to state creationism as a formal scientific theory because they KNOW... right down to the tips of their little creationist toes and fingers... that such a theory would not stand up under any sort of rigorous investigation. Hell, kids would be turning in 10th grade science projects overthrowing "The Theory of Creationism!" "Magic man done it." |
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| Mike | May 29 2009, 04:32 AM Post #4 |
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I would hardly relate this to the theories of evolution. But it is an interesting experiment. |
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| ngc1514 | May 29 2009, 05:59 AM Post #5 |
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Whether you so relate it or not is irrelevant, don't you think? Why do you think the experiment worked? And how does it not relate to the definition of evolution? |
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| Deleted User | May 29 2009, 07:08 AM Post #6 |
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Way I see it is the only difference between evolution and this is man did it purposely. But he could not have done it with out the explanatory power and predictability attained through evolutionary theory. |
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