Seriously--- after millions of years of evolution shouldn't simple life forms be extinct?
2006-10-13 16:11:20 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No life form is "simple" Anything that can live in a heat vent 13000 feet under the water must be advanced in one way or another. Even insects are complex beings. Just because they're not as big and as intelligent as humans has no bearing on their complexity.
2006-10-13 16:13:15 · answer #1 · answered by JR 5 · 10⤊ 1⤋
Why are you addressing this question to atheists?? Don't you realize that people from every religious background, including devout Christians, accept the scientific evidence for evolution?
The relatively simple life forms that exist today are not the same as the ones which existed millions of years ago. They are new species of simple life forms. They too have evolved. There is no species alive on earth today which was alive a million years ago. Change is an integral part of biological life.
2006-10-13 16:30:15 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Q: We all know that most animals that run on all fours are quicker. Why do we walk upright all the time? A: Walking upright is a great advantage when it comes to looking imposing to predators, and seeing those predators before they see you. Q:Why did we evolve the ability to see color? To feel love? To enjoy music, poetry? A: The ability to see color is quite handy to discern poionous insect or plants when you don't have an instinctual avoidance of those inedibles. We're not the only animals that see color, either. Love is possibly a genetic misfiring based around genetic predisposition toward certain personalities, albeit a beautiful misfire. Music appeals to a part of the brain, and some other animals respond well to rythmic sounds as well, like whales and dolphins. Poetry is built from language, which is pretty much the basis for any abstract thinking that a super intelligent organism might want to do, so naturally it appeals to us. Q: Can a sense of justice be something that would be needed for survival? A: Absolutely. A species as intelligent as humans that are capable of deception (mostly do to language) have to have some kind of disciplinary measures to ensure the group will not constantly be under threat from a deviant member. Other animals instinctually behave in the way they're supposed to, or they're exiled from the group or even killed. Q: What about a conscience? Do we need that to survive? Or sympathy and empathy? That makes us weaker, not stronger.Friendship. How does that relate to evolution? A: I would have to say that a "consience" is a construct of society, not a genetic inheritance. We need it to survive insofar as we need to work together and agree on certain norms. Sympathy, empathy and friendship are all key to strong communities, which is what has propelled humans to the top of the food chain. Q: How many other animals would actually risk their own life to save one of their own? A: If I can think of just one, will that put the question to rest? An octopus pretty much sacrifices her life after guarding her brood. She is so weakened from starvation, that predators immediately attack and kill her. You conclusion: Seems like those qualities had to be more or less put into us by something or someone. My Rebuttal: Seems like all those qualities are necessary for survival. Evolution is a beautfiul and astounding process. You should actually look into it instead of making uninformed statements.
2016-05-22 00:18:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said simple life forms evolved to higher life forms?
No, first, there were high life forms. And then they evolved to lower life forms by eating apples. And still today, the life forms are continuously evolving into simpler and simpler life forms, this time not because of apples, but because of an addictive scripture called the Bible.
Don't you have a sense of humor?
2006-10-13 16:36:53 · answer #4 · answered by Maus 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ummm...not all simple life forms evolved. I hope you realize that evolution takes more years than your brain could ever comprehend. Basic life forms still exist. Simple enough.
Just an afterthought: Why do all of these bible thumping guys who think that they can ask one stupid question and change the religious denomination of Y!A users have the EXACT same avatar??!
2006-10-13 16:20:19 · answer #5 · answered by Bettie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Simple, single-celled organisms evolved but that doesn't mean that the original organisms had to die off.
Take insects for instance. You have an ant, per se, that moves the colony to a new part of the forest. It finds a certain nut that falls off a tree that wasn't in the old forest. Maybe its mandibles aren't made to crack the shell of the nut but through time it evolves a mandible that is easier to crack open the nut and expose the meat of the nut easier. The original ants continue to thrive but the "new" ants thrive along side the others. This doesn't mean that the first ants have to die out but that now there are two kinds of ants that now live side by side.
As people we evolved from those that killed animals that were around them to farming animals that were there for us to use for milk and food. The original tribes still lived off animals that were found in the forest but they weren't eliminated as a species.
2006-10-13 16:28:23 · answer #6 · answered by youngliver2000 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No form of life could FULLY evolve and disappear.
Scientists believe that the next phase in human evolution will have people with larger brains, smaller bodies, etc. Almost everything dedicated to the brain.
BUT normal humans like me and you would still exist for the plain fact that some of us do not use our brains enough to direct are future children to have larger brains and etc.
Really evolution and religion can never be proven as fact or fiction, but if they were then the world as we know it would change.
2006-10-13 16:16:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Simple life forms have an easy time existing.
2006-10-13 16:29:46 · answer #8 · answered by Xo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If something works, why would it suddenly stop? Those simple life forms do important functions. Things like breakdown and recycling of matter so the earth doesn't get taken up by nothing but graveyard.
2006-10-13 16:17:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not all of them did, some still may be evolving. Evolution takes a lot more years then you can tick-off on your calendar. Some live in caverns so isolated they haven't evolved anymore as there is no need. If there's no reason to adapt what advantage would there be in doing it.
2006-10-13 16:16:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋