if you believe in god, then you'll say god created us all.. but i don't believe in god, so please, tell me something..
if evolution is how we all got here, and we evolved from apes, how the hell did the apes get here.. and if the organisms are what turned into the apes and other things, then how did those organisms get here... what's more.. Who's ever wondered how the world even started? please, don't tell me that god is the one who did it all... i really don't think that some guy up above the clouds randomly thought "hmm i think i'll invent people today." But i am SO curious.. PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!
2006-10-05
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Check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world_hypothesis
2006-10-05 10:52:26
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answered by Anonymous
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Millions of years ago simple life (just one celled organisms) started on Earth. The origin of that simple life is not well understood. If you want to say a higher power did that, that's fine, nothing in science contradicts it.
Over time simple life became more complex. More complex life was able to deal with its' surroundings better (getting food and reproducing) so it kept getting more complex. That's evolution.
We did not evolve from apes. Apes and us had a common ancestor, one who lived many thousands of years ago. We're branches off the same tree trunk.
Science can tell us a lot about the details of the evolutionary process where simple life became more complex. But as to how simple life started at all, science has no definitive answer.
There's no conflict between most people's religion and evolution. Or between science and most people's religion. Religious fundamentalists and scientific fundamentalists want to fight. Most of us should not join in.
2006-10-05 19:20:49
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answered by Bob 7
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Hi. Time is your creator. Most of us simply cannot conceive of how long 3 billion years is. The first simple life started around then. Before that there were oceans of chemicals. Once the first self replicating chemical formed after the trillions and trillions of failures, evolution started. The best adapted to their environment survived, the others didn't. As the Earth's surface chemistry changed so did the organisms. Nature is harsh this way. If you can not survive, you die. This process is continuing and ongoing. Either that or God did it.
2006-10-05 17:14:43
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answered by Cirric 7
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Well, are u talking about the universe? There is the big bang theory---> all this mass was concentrated together in an infinitesimal amount of space and because there was so much mass in so little space, the universe exploded and expanded ever since. The universe continues to expand until it reaches a point where it actually starts to shrink...and then it gathers together again into an infinitesimal space only to explode with another bang!! Pretty crazy, huh? The mass was distributed throughout and some masses pulled together as a result of gravitation (heavy stars formed-like our sun- & pulled chunks of rock together-like the planets-and created our solar system. We don't know for sure how all this came into existence but to get into that, a lot of physics reading would help to increase your interest in this subject.
And as for the Earth, at the beginning of the its creation, it was a very hot planet with many chemical reactions going on. But no human could actually be created until the temperature of the Earth cooled. So the volcanic explosions subsided and these chemicals were all gathered together into the infamous primordial soup. These chemicals ended up binding together to form amino acids and proteins which are the building blocks of organisms. Eventually these tiny little "machine-like beings" were battling to reproduce as many of themselves as possible (read the Selfish Gene). Then genes were battling it out (encased by this protective machine-like outer layer) and struggling to exist and procreate in this world. Who knows how many times other beings came into existence and were wiped out just as quickly, but the main point is something overcame all the obstacles.
Individual single-celled organisms came into existence. Basically, some of these cells were created as a result of the endosymbiotic theory. This explains how mitochondria were created (essential for using/processing energy needed for all humans) & how chloroplasts were "born". After time, some of these cells may have either worked together to have a better chance of survival as in the colonial theory//// or the single-celled organism could have evolved to have seperate areas that were specialized for performing various duties required of survival. Then these specialized areas became specialized cells within a cell (thus multi-cellular) and became tissues (many specialized cells) and later on organs. As evolution occurred over time (with many mistakes and backtracking), the organisms became better equipped and adapted for survival. But the organism does not always conform to what is best for survival. Rather, the organism has genes that undergo mutations that can result in a better suitable organism for the surrounding environment. Most mutations are harmful, less have no actual effect, and even less have a benefit to the organism. But because of this exceptional amount of time, multi-cellular organisms were born and survived.
Over time, many species branched off and formed 2 seperate, distinct species. These species then branched off again, and again, and again... Oh I could go on and on...but then apes evolved and branched off and created many distinct species. One of which was able to stand in the tall grasses of Africa to search for food. These apes made subtle "steps" towards walking. The apes with the right genes--the right physical quality, were the ones who eventually became humans. Humans are like apes but had developed a very large neocortex that enabled us to learn so much more than our ape cousins. We have come a long way!!!
Really, there is so much more to discuss but which my fingers won't let me have any of it!! Keep reading... I suggest sharpening your understanding of evolutionary biology. You will discover a wealth of knowledge that is very exciting!!!
2006-10-05 22:14:39
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answered by peachieone19 2
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There is no proof of how life started on Earth, but there are many theories and there is evidence that life can come out of "nowhere". It obviously did not actually come out of nowhere, but something to understand is that we are living things, which are made out of non living things (atoms, you can go even more fundamental than this but for the purpose of the explanation it works)...yet we are still alive.
So we are alive yet made of non-living things. In order for life to be created then, these living things need to arrange themselves in a form of something alive.
This can happen, one of the main people who discovered this was Leslie Orgel, who took the fundemental components of RNA, and put these molecules under the same conditions that the early earth was under. Once he did this he made the remarkable discovery that he had created RNA.
He gave a very plausible explanation of how life was created on earth, the RNA was the basic building blocks to simple single celled bacteria, which over the course of hundreds of millions of years would result in the life we see today.
2006-10-05 17:33:30
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answered by Anonymous
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if everthing came from something simpler, then at some point ,
you still have to take forgranted that SOMETHING existed.
( for me, its totally reasonable that that something had a personality- ie god)
but many evolutionists beleive that energy and matter exploded in some way, and that lead a chain link into forming the planets, then the first living orginsisms.
they point to the fact that they themselves can mix certain chemicles together to for (unliving) cells.
( of course, the same set of varibles that could create that kinda life would quickly have killed it too....)
I guess what I am saying to you is,
Not having faith in god,
you are having faith in something else,
( evolution, or whatever)
cause it can't be replicated.....
2006-10-05 17:18:27
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answered by papeche 5
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orgasm's happen during good sex,try to relax and let it happen ...
2006-10-05 19:13:17
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answered by big buff 2
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It appears that you can't find an answer other than GOD.
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2006-10-05 17:18:24
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answered by GLENNLY 1
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