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Author Topic:   Evolutionary Adaptation
Damouse
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Message 1 of 115 (317336)
06-03-2006 7:10 PM


Evolution is/has been about natural selection, right?
I've heard all sorts of theories about adaptation, but haven't found them all in one place.
so:
Is adaptation to an enviroment possible? Lets say you move a group of a hundred people out to an island thats made of broken glass. Assuming they died natural deaths, would their feet harden over the years? In other words, would they adapt to their surroundings and pass that on to their children?
Possible?
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Edited by Admin, : Fix spelling error in title.

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Damouse
Member (Idle past 4905 days)
Posts: 215
From: Brookfield, Wisconsin
Joined: 12-18-2005


Message 3 of 115 (318036)
06-05-2006 5:30 PM
Reply to: Message 2 by AdminWounded
06-04-2006 6:33 PM


i edited it. I meant this topic as more a question, but it is debatable.
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Damouse
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Posts: 215
From: Brookfield, Wisconsin
Joined: 12-18-2005


Message 8 of 115 (318480)
06-06-2006 10:47 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Modulous
06-06-2006 8:29 AM


yes, 100 was a random number.
If you kill the problem down,, i suppose it cuts through to: can external physical changes affect the DNA of a human.
Another issue that needs discussing is Lamarckism (an issue discussed by WK). Obviously the 100 people themselves would not pass on their scar tissues/callouses to their offspring. Not unless some bizarre epigenetic effect came to light. There is some evidence that mother's who are starving (ie during a famine), will give birth to smaller kids (smaller kids will fit through smaller maternal bodies easier than big kids)...your environment can affect the offspring.
how would the enviroment affect the DNA, in this position, would the mother have enough nourishment to give birth to larger kids? What im saying is could the mother be giving birth to smaller kids because she's underfed?

-I believe in God, I just call it Nature
-One man with an imaginary friend is insane. a Million men with an imaginary friend is a religion.
-People must often be reminded that the bible did not arrive as a fax from heaven; it was written by men.
-Religion is the opiate of the masses

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Damouse
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From: Brookfield, Wisconsin
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Message 104 of 115 (324396)
06-21-2006 12:29 PM
Reply to: Message 101 by Crue Knight
06-19-2006 11:43 PM


Heh
Ok let me just say, I believe in the biblical creation. But, evolution is no way part off the bible. I may even disagree in many creationists so dont say what other creationists say because I have my own belief. I believe the earth is 13,000 yrs old (11,013 BC to be exact), and the universe was created in 7 days by the word of God.
And that's what this forum is about, debating on the two topics, so dont just say you're right and we're wrong. That will go absolutley nowhere. Because in a few years, 2011, the Bible tells us the Lord will most likely return and the world will end. Then will you see the Bible is the word of God.
Went on vacation for a while, and i come back and find quite an argument. Thanks for the thoughts, did have an DNA theory, but have to look it up. This is where the on-topicness ends.
the Earth is 11,013 years old? nice number. How are fossils that are older then that explained? or did god create the fossils there, trying to trick us? Light that we see from other solar systems and other galexies has been in-transit for millions of years, did god create that to fool us too?
When the world ends, god will destroy everything, the earth and the billions of light-years of unused space just there with no purpose, as anything more then 13000 light years away could not be seen anyway?
Sigh. Quite a thoery. The Debate is indeed wether you are wrong and we are right, but see, we have every privlage to do that. We can tell you you wrong wrong wrong, simple because this is a debate, and you have brought something to the table. I like to call it hot air, based on ... oh yes, absolutly nothing but the words of men from thousands of years ago at such a degree of hearsay that its a wonder people read it for truth, let alone believe it.
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-I believe in God, I just call it Nature
-One man with an imaginary friend is insane. a Million men with an imaginary friend is a religion.
-People must often be reminded that the bible did not arrive as a fax from heaven; it was written by men.
-Religion is the opiate of the masses

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