I don't think that trick can work because not everyone has the same mitochondrial DNA (IIRC). While large swashes of population can be traced back to one woman, that doesn't mean she was the only one at the time. Since people left Africa at different times, you also find small groups of people still out there who definately do not trace down to the exact same female that most people do.fly said:If you read The Seven Daughters of Eve, there definitely was an Eve as we can trace her through mitochondrial DNA (or RNA, I forget). This means that there was also an Adam. There was most certainly an apex of Homo Sapiens...
However, it wasn't just that he/she could think. They just happened to be the 2 that won the race.
That trick does work. You can only inherit mitochondrial DNA from your mother, and it mutates at a known rate. There is only 1 set of parents for all of us. If there are 2 sets, you haven't gone back far enough.theacoustician said:I don't think that trick can work because not everyone has the same mitochondrial DNA (IIRC). While large swashes of population can be traced back to one woman, that doesn't mean she was the only one at the time. Since people left Africa at different times, you also find small groups of people still out there who definately do not trace down to the exact same female that most people do.
SpangeMonkee said:ummm. yeah. millions of years vs 7 days. umm..
fly said:Actually, I think I read in the Blind Watchmaker that the story you refer to was not true. According to the book, it is pretty much impossible for simple RNA or even proteins to simply come into being. Somehow, it happened tho...
fly said:Can you find me a link about that? I trust Richard Dawkins until you give me a link.
smileynev said:I created a nasty crap patty in the toilet this morning. I didn't give it a chance to evolve before I flushed it, though
There's no reason to believe in creationism. Religion is just a set of stories made up to instill good morals and explain the unexplained.Drool-Boy said:Its science vs religion which is always a losing battle because no one is ever willing to stray from the narrow path of thier beliefs.
CletusJones said:There's no reason to believe in creationism. Religion is just a set of stories made up to instill good morals and explain the unexplained.
There are really only two possabilities:
1. we evolved from apes
2. aliens put us here
ZOMG THE MATRIX HAS UStaeric said:No no.... there are plenty of other things to believe. Just not many of them have any utility. It could easily be believed that we exist inside of something else. With how virtual reality environments are coming along, we could all just be simulations.
And there really is no harm in believing we were all created at whatever stage of evolution is preferred. Evolution should still be used to describe how things are, though. It works.
CletusJones said:ZOMG THE MATRIX HAS US
I dunno. I find it incredibly unlikely that creationism is valid in any way. I also have issues with religion though so I'm very biased.
Sure, and that's where the big bang theory comes into play. Once there was a universe, planet formation and all that can be explained. It's the very beginning of time that's the real mystery.taeric said:The catch, though, something was created at some point. Cause and effect can only take you back so far.
(Or is it affect?)
CletusJones said:Sure, and that's where the big bang theory comes into play. Once there was a universe, planet formation and all that can be explained. It's the very beginning of time that's the real mystery.