How many revisions do evolutionist need?

Question

The discovery by Meave Leakey, a member of a famous family of paleontologists, shows that two species of early human ancestors lived at the same time in Kenya. That pokes holes in the chief theory of man's early evolution — that one of those species evolved from the other.

And it further discredits that iconic illustration of human evolution that begins with a knuckle-dragging ape and ends with a briefcase-carrying man.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_sc/human_evolution

Answer 1

Please.

Evolution of man is inclusive of the evolution of life. Yes, it can change and that is the beauty of a scientific theory, it changes with new discoveries as opposed to the stunted saying, "NO IT DIDN'T" that I hear from so many of your kind.

Answer 2

"How many revisions do evolutionist need?"

It will probably take just as many as are needed to finally get at the truth --- I suspect that it will take neither more nor less than the number available by discovery.

Every bit of evidence found helps to solve the puzzle. A new piece of data isn't a drawback no matter how it may change current thinking; rather it is a step forward and a springboard to expanding and refining that which we have suspected.

So... shall we ask the obvious here...? Yes I think so. When was the last update made on the bible idea of man's origin..? Don't you think that old beaten down story could use a little freshening-up?

And hey.... didn't that Yahoo article say something about 1.5 billion years ago...? Gosh, that's sort of in direct conflict with what the bible says, isn't it? Hmmm.... another piece of hard evidence. Score another point for science, I guess.

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Answer 3

Science is Better than No Science, It is better to continue looking for the answers to our origins and other questions, than to close the question and say "GOD DID IT!". To do so would get mankind nowhere. The same goes with other unknown things, it is better that we continue exploring the unknown then to use other ideas to fill the gaps eg. the Bible God Created Everything, or many spirits of the Australian Dreamtime created the creatures you see or that Allah created everything.

We can't just close something off without evidence, Evolution still works anyway, it has problems. But evidence still supports evolution. Just Do some reading on it. I would have to say that I don't believe in Intelligent Design, Design is Flawed. One example would be the excess of neurons in a giraffe's neck, it could be been designed better.

Answer 4

The theory will keep being adapted until it reaches the truth....same as circuit board..you don't junk the whole thing because you find a problem..if the main of it can still work you tweak and replace little bits until it is working again....either that or someone gives you a different fully working+proved device.....which no one has done...no one has any other idea with as much supporting data.


I am at point that I am confused? Are anti-evolutionists pissed off that the scientific community is trying to be truthful? Should we just say magic keeps us on the Earth because we don't understand how gravity actually works? I don't get it..they are saying "Hey we might have been wrong and this could be how it really works"..is that worse than "OBEY , DO NOT QUESTION, GOD DID IT, OBEY, QUESTIONS ARE FROM THE DEVIL"?

Answer 5

One day you clowns will take a reading comprehension course and a whole new world will open up for you. The evolutionary history of humanity got a minor adjustment because of the new data. It does not disprove anything at all.

From the article: Susan Anton, a New York University anthropologist and co-author of the Leakey work, said she expects anti-evolution proponents to seize on the new research, but said it would be a mistake to try to use the new work to show flaws in evolution theory.

"This is not questioning the idea at all of evolution; it is refining some of the specific points," Anton said. "This is a great example of what science does and religion doesn't do. It's a continous self-testing process."

Idiot.

Answer 6

4. (Not revisions, that's the number of times this question has been asked today by people who don't understand evolution)

Also, for some reason this article does not mention the fact that the finding actually doesn't discredit evolution, whereas all the other articles on the subject do.

Evolution is a scientific theory. Scientific theories get revised based on new evidence. Are you really going to attack science for not being dogmatic enough? That's not how science works...

Answer 7

15 revisions. After that, our checklist is complete and Evolution will become Undisputed Truth. The Theory of Gravity is at 12 revisions and Relativity is at 14 already, so any day now it will move from Theory to Truth. See, it makes so much sense to have a fixed number of permissable revisions in science!

Answer 8

All that means is that evolution is broad. Existing species can spawn new species without going immediately. That would only make sense for if their was only one genetic offspring their would be no new species more have to be spawned in order to carry on the new "mutations". This article to me stabilizes evolution a little more.

Answer 9

Listen, you can't use evidence OF evolution as evidence AGAINST evolution. If they are early human ancestors, as you state, than you are asserting evolution is true, though the lineages along which it took place may not be known. Just because science does not have all the answers RIGHT NOW, does not mean that "God did it." Unlike religion, science has an ability to correct itself. Btw, where is your EVIDENCE that man and woman simply popped into existence as fully formed modern humans. Oh, that's right. There is absolutely none. Please, get an education.

Answer 10

LOL...how many revisions do you religious folks need. Over 6 billion people in the world and you can't agree on a single religion.

I can poke as many holes as a I want in your theories, you have no evidence. Show me an experiment that says god exists. I'll be holding my breath while I'm waiting.......