My answer is actually a reply to adphllps. That is not evolution....thats adaptation! Those birds learned to adapt to their surroundings. They were always finches...they didnt become a different bird...which is what the theory of evolution is. That something "evolves" into something completely different.(monkey to man) I have never seen it happen. Science has no proof that it has ever happened. There are NO scientific facts that anything ever evolved into something else ...just lots of men making "educated guesses"!!!
2006-07-09 13:29:06
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answered by SKITTLES 6
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No way to prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt, which is why it's called the "Theory of Evolution" and not the "Law of Evolution."
There are plenty of facts that an "evolutionist" has. Consider:
1. Micro-evolution. Point mutations have been observed, and can be caused by exposing your lab animals to mutagenic chemicals or ionizing radiation. These mutations breed true. So, in essence, you can change a species just a little bit. Sure, your fruit fly is still a fruit fly, but you can imagine a lot of little changes adding up to a big change.
2. Intermediate evolution. You know that all dogs are the same species. But -- if you didn't know about dogs, and came across the skeletons of a pregnant St Bernard and a pregnant mini-dachshund, I'm thinking that you wouldn't classify them as being of the same species. New breeds of dogs have come into existence in historical times. Think of this as evidence of evolution.
While you're still thinking about dogs, consider the dingo. It's descended from dogs, but has evolved behavior which is undoglike.
Consider also corn, which doesn't resemble its teosinte ancestor, and true-breeding triticale.
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If a population is isolated, its allele frequencies will, over time, differ from those of the rest of species. Add in some mutations, and a long period of time, and you get speciation.
2006-07-09 12:27:55
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answered by Anonymous
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I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say in the first part of your question, but I'll try to answer the last part.
Evolution has not been proven, yet. It's still in the stage of being a theory. Though, there have been some scientific evidence to support evolution.
There is a fish that was discovered in the early 1900's, called Coelacanth. This particular fish has defined legs and arms. Though they appear to be extra fins, these "fins" have developed bones and joints to suggest developing fingers, toes, wrists, and ankles.
Also, In the frozen rocks of an island 800 miles from the North Pole, scientists have discovered a group of fossils that clearly mark one of the most crucial events in human evolution: a moment in time some 375 million years ago when primitive fish first began moving from the world's oceans to the land.
The fossils show that the animals bore the scales, gills and fins of fish, but also the ribs, neck, rudimentary ear bones and primitive limbs of what ultimately would become the arms and legs of the first land animals -- the ancestors of all reptiles, dinosaurs, birds and mammals, including humans.
2006-07-09 12:36:36
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answered by Joa5 5
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Would you do us all a favor and read a book. Do you really think anyone here is going to be able to explain the theory of evolution in this forum. Your questions are EXCEEDINGLY simplistic. You will find the answers in chapter 1 of Evolution 101. Can't track the DNA? You are so out of tune with current events its not even funny. Are you from a third world country or what? Kansas maybe??
2006-07-09 12:15:10
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answered by Anonymous
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I think that that is one of the reasons why Evolution is merely a theory and not scientific fact.
Besides, I have never wanted to embrace the idea that I have a monkey for an ancestor! LOL
2006-07-09 12:16:21
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answered by southerngirl627 2
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There are many species where evolution can be seen very rapidly. Darwin's finches (finches living on the Galapogos Islands) is perhaps the most remembered examples. Finches with short, strong beaks could crack the nuts on the island (during years with light rain) while finches with long, weak beaks would die off. During wet years the grass would grow and the long beaks could collect grass seeds better than short beaks.
2006-07-09 12:22:30
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answered by adphllps 5
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None! God created man in his image and we are it. There may have been some weird big monkeys but it wasn't human. Its unbelievers trying to cope that we were created by God not fish from the ocean or monkeys. They want answers for everything. We were created by God and God just is and always was here. If we are from monkeys than why can't they talk and why are there any? Shouldn't they look like humans. That doesn't make since.
2006-07-09 12:22:03
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answered by loneytuny 3
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I don't believe in that "Evolution" crap.
Scientists seem to be getting desperate!
I was watching a show a few weeks ago called "In Search Of" and Scientists were saying that our ancestors were Aliens, that the way we changed suddenly [our skulls shape and such] changed to suddenly and it has to be the result of crossing gene's with something else.
2006-07-09 12:13:50
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answered by ? 5
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If you want all the facts, you should start at other websites and come back when you have them.
hey Kurisu (above) - those crack-pots could not have been true scientists if that's what they believe. That doesn't make all science wrong.
2006-07-09 12:13:50
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answered by Kenny ♣ 5
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They have more facts than the Discovery Institute and their multimillion dollar smear campaign directed at evolution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Institute
Evolution is a fact, "God did it" is a delusion.
2006-07-09 12:15:29
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answered by Left the building 7
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