2007-01-18 17:14:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Evolution is is a theory to help understand the changes in lifeforms over time. It does not have anything to do with the original creation or manifestation of these lifeforms. Evolution does not mean a belief in random events or chaos.
Most people who accept this theory would tell you that humans did not come from apes, but rather humans and many apes seem to have a common ancestor (different branches of the same family tree).
Much of that difference in DNA between humans and apes is the genetic coding for the brain and how the brain is used. Just because humans have languages and logical thought patterns which can be taught from generation to generation does not mean that basically humans are not animals. To believe this might be considered the height of arrogance.
If you look carefully at human behavior in a mob or group expecting an immediate danger (large predator or fire, for example) you might find much less difference between your behavior and that of many of the great apes.
The simplest cases of change in a lifeforms over time deal with microbes. Humans know through study that some species have changed enough to now be considered a different species. This is more than just changes in antibiotic response or nutritional needs. These changes are associated with changes in DNA coding.
Please understand that some people are so set in their own dogma that they cannot begin to change their belief system no matter what evidence is presented to them. They have no method to begin to understand how a flu virus can change from year to year. Evolution does not have all the answers, especially if one is interested in the original creation of life. Evolution can, on the other-hand, help understand how life can change.
2007-01-18 17:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by tyforurlovegift 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
at the same time (among different species)
Within a species, evolution of different characteristics can occur simultaneously, but each characteristic evolves in stages.
-For example, a creature (say human beings), could have evolved ears and eyes at the same time. However, eyes obviously evolved before a species evolved the ability to see in color.
2007-01-19 01:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All the answers are in the Evolutionist's Holy Book.
2007-01-19 01:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by Insulting Other Participants 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A little of each. Major changes in the environment will create intense selective pressures. Between the global shifts, sudden rises of successful forms are less common.
2007-01-19 01:24:26 · answer #4 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution at the same time? What drug are you on. Let me help you. Evolution is a "survival of the fittest" postulate that takes hundreds of thousands of years to notice. Your question shows your lack of thought on the matter and leads me to believe that you are here to mock rather than to research evolution or why religion is no longer needed in modern culture.
2007-01-19 01:21:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
not sure what you mean by this "at the same time", at the same time as what? other species? members of a species?
2007-01-19 01:34:02 · answer #6 · answered by Nick F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In stages. I think.
Hey, I'm no scientist. Ask a biologist.
How did you evolve such a vibrantly blue penis?
2007-01-19 01:15:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋