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mark24
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Message 151 of 199 (32022)
02-12-2003 6:45 AM
Reply to: Message 143 by peter borger
02-12-2003 12:00 AM


quote:
PB: If you are able to demonstrate an organisms that you qualify as TF in an evolutionary sense, then I will explain them from GUToB.
Nonononono! You make your PREDICTION, rationalise it, & then we'll take a look.
Mark
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peter borger
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Message 152 of 199 (32023)
02-12-2003 7:07 AM
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02-12-2003 5:30 AM


Dear WJ, Peter, Mark,
Listen, guys, Hans Thewissen has a very nice job. He is traveling all over the world, digs a bit in dirt here and there, in the mountains, in Pakistan, returns home to the Netherlands with a crate of rocks, fossils, and then he presents his Ambulocetus (MPG) to Science as a whale (ungalata, cetacea). He's doing fine.
However, if you have a close look at what he put together it is not a whale. It doesn't even look like a whale. If this is a whale than it can also be an 12 ft otter. If it is a whale it should be more like a cow. It is no cow, however, and it doesn't even look like a cow. Okay, if you look very hard it could be a cow since it has four legs and a head (No horns, though). So, is it a cow? Or is it an otter? A whale perhaps? That's a lot of questions. DNA analysis will shed light on the issue, I guess. But probably not. No DNA.
Best wishes,
Peter

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mark24
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Message 153 of 199 (32027)
02-12-2003 8:15 AM
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02-12-2003 7:07 AM


Peter B,
quote:
However, if you have a close look at what he put together it is not a whale. It doesn't even look like a whale. If this is a whale than it can also be an 12 ft otter. If it is a whale it should be more like a cow.
Who said Ambulocetus was a whale, the name is merely an honorific?
Why should taxa that have ungulate ancestors look like cows? This is an old, old strawman, Peter B.
But, no matter, I'm sure all will become clear when you hand your equivocation crown to someone else, & tell us what the ToE predicts of such a transitional form.
What does GUToB predict regarding fossils?
Mark
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Andya Primanda
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Message 154 of 199 (32038)
02-12-2003 9:21 AM
Reply to: Message 128 by Andya Primanda
02-08-2003 10:08 PM


quote:
Thewissen, J. G. M. and M. Aria 1994. Fossil evidence for the origin of aquatic locomotion in archaeocete whales. Science 263: 210-12.
PB: Yeah, I know this paper. Fossil evidence of another MPG.
Dr Borger, did all whales come from one MPG (Ambulocetus?) or should they be split into three MPGs (archaeocetes(paraphyletic), toothed whales(paraphyletic), baleen whales (monophyletic)) or four (archaeocetes, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins (including orca)) or five (archaeocetes, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins, orca) or one MPG=one genus, or one MPG=one species like Homo vs Pan?
[reissued]
You asked me to make predictions based on the GUTOB (the MPG side), and these are what I come up with. Please elaborate my predictions.

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Message 155 of 199 (32041)
02-12-2003 9:41 AM
Reply to: Message 152 by peter borger
02-12-2003 7:07 AM


Since we're into whale MPGs let me throw in two other examples
Dorudon atrox & Rodhocetus balochistanensis
That is the page of Philip Gingerich. He has some free PDFs at the bottom of the page.
My prediction based on GUTOB: Rodhocetus was near the original Cetacea MPG, but it still has hind legs. Later processes eliminate the leg.
Why do I start to think that the legs were created just to be eliminated later?

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peter borger
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Message 156 of 199 (32049)
02-12-2003 4:56 PM
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02-12-2003 8:15 AM


Dear Mark,
You ask: What does GUToB predict regarding fossils?
PB: The GUToB predicts sudden appearance of MPGs, (major) gaps between original MPGs and MPG extinctions if unable to reproduce properly and catastophes.
Best wishes,
Peter
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wj
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Message 157 of 199 (32050)
02-12-2003 5:33 PM
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02-12-2003 4:56 PM


So PB, do the different mpg's correspond to any taxanomic strata? Phylum? Order? Genus? You seem to have been unclear on this point in the past.
From whence could mpg's suddenly appear?

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mark24
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Message 158 of 199 (32052)
02-12-2003 5:45 PM
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02-12-2003 4:56 PM


Peter the Equivocator,
quote:
You ask: What does GUToB predict regarding fossils?
PB: The GUToB predicts sudden appearance of MPGs, (major) gaps between original MPGs and MPG extinctions if unable to reproduce properly and catastophes.
Well, that was one of the questions I asked. Interestingly you only answered that when you could give a glib answer.
So, we're into double figures for the asking of this question:
Define transitional form as predicted by the ToE
We need to define terms before a discussion can take place.
Mark
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Quetzal
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Message 159 of 199 (32074)
02-13-2003 1:07 AM
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02-12-2003 4:56 PM


Out of curiousity - how would the GUToB classify Cryptogale australis? We're talking an extinct critter that is smack dab intermediate between the Tenrecinae and the Oryzorictinae, having the skull and certain skeletal details of the Tenrecinae and the dentition and other skeletal details of the Oryzorictinae. Does this count as an intermediate/transitional form? Does Cryptogale represent the MPG of the Tenrecomorpha? If so, where does the Geogalinae and the Potomogalinae fit in, since they are all tenrecomorphs? Inquiring minds and all that...

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peter borger
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Message 160 of 199 (32161)
02-13-2003 6:16 PM
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02-13-2003 1:07 AM


Hi Quetzal,
PB: Out of curiousity - how would the GUToB classify Cryptogale australis? We're talking an extinct critter that is smack dab intermediate between the Tenrecinae and the Oryzorictinae, having the skull and certain skeletal details of the Tenrecinae and the dentition and other skeletal details of the Oryzorictinae. Does this count as an intermediate/transitional form? Does Cryptogale represent the MPG of the Tenrecomorpha? If so, where does the Geogalinae and the Potomogalinae fit in, since they are all tenrecomorphs? Inquiring minds and all that...
PB: Did you exclude the possibility of a hybrid?
Best wishes,
Peter

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peter borger
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Message 161 of 199 (32162)
02-13-2003 6:19 PM
Reply to: Message 158 by mark24
02-12-2003 5:45 PM


dear mark,
MP: "Define transitional form as predicted by the ToE"
PB: Ages ago you gave your definaition of TF and I sid Show me the money. You did, I guess, so what's the fuss about?
The TFs demonstrated in this thread aren't TFs, they are MPGs.
Best wishes,
Peter

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wj
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Message 162 of 199 (32175)
02-13-2003 9:50 PM
Reply to: Message 161 by peter borger
02-13-2003 6:19 PM


PB, your posts are now degenerating into meaningless drivel.
Are you going to give a serious answers to the multitude of outstanding question on this tread addressed to you?
Just as a sample:
So PB, do the different mpg's correspond to any taxanomic strata? Phylum? Order? Genus?
From whence could mpg's suddenly appear?
Did all whales come from one MPG (Ambulocetus?) or should they be split into three MPGs (archaeocetes(paraphyletic), toothed whales(paraphyletic), baleen whales (monophyletic)) or four (archaeocetes, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins (including orca)) or five (archaeocetes, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins, orca) or one MPG=one genus, or one MPG=one species like Homo vs Pan?
PB: If you are able to demonstrate an organisms that you qualify as TF in an evolutionary sense, then I will explain them from GUToB.
Ambulocetus natans
PB: This another MPG.
Ungulate or cetacean mpg? if all vertebrates are from the one mpg, why don't we see transitions between dogs and cats?
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peter borger
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Message 163 of 199 (32180)
02-13-2003 10:59 PM
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02-13-2003 9:50 PM


dear WJ,
You say:
Are you going to give a serious answers to the multitude of outstanding question on this tread addressed to you?
PB: I am aware of these outstanding questions. However, it needs immense scrutiny to define MPGs. It in nowadays almosts impossible to exactly define species. So, why do you expect me to be able what a thousand wise men are unable to? Of course I will think about these excellent questions.
WJ: Just as a sample:
So PB, do the different mpg's correspond to any taxanomic strata? Phylum? Order? Genus?
PB: Excellent question. Hard to answer.
WJ: From whence could mpg's suddenly appear?
PB: From the Creative Force? As if evolutionism has an answer to these question.
WJ: Did all whales come from one MPG (Ambulocetus?) or should they be split into three MPGs (archaeocetes(paraphyletic), toothed whales(paraphyletic), baleen whales (monophyletic)) or four (archaeocetes, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins (including orca)) or five (archaeocetes, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins, orca) or one MPG=one genus, or one MPG=one species like Homo vs Pan?
PB: Probably, probably not. How do I know? I postulate a new idea, that's all I do. Now it is time for scrutiny. Andya's idea should be tested. Did you really think that I am able to say option 1 is true, or option 2 is good. Of course not. It will takes decades to find out whether or not the idea can hold. It took about 140 years to find out that evolutionism is wrong, so be patient.
PB: If you are able to demonstrate an organisms that you qualify as TF in an evolutionary sense, then I will explain them from GUToB.
[url=http://darla.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/ANAT/Ambulocet.html]
WJ: Ambulocetus natans
PB: This another MPG.
WJ: Ungulate or cetacean mpg? if all vertebrates are from the one mpg, why don't we see transitions between dogs and cats?
PB: Cat and wolf are probably distinct MPGs.
PB: How do we recognise and discriminate between MPGs? I don't know yet. It suspect that it has something to do with Ernst Mayers definition of species. But it should be extended.
Best wishes,
Peter
WJ: Ambulocetus natans
PB: This another MPG.
WJ: Ungulate or cetacean mpg? if all vertebrates are from the one mpg, why don't we see transitions between dogs and cats?
PB: Cat and wolf are probably distinct MPGs.
PB: How do we recognise and discriminate between MPGs? I don't know yet. It suspect that it has something to do with Ernst Mayers definition of species. But it should be extended.
Best wishes,
Peter
[]
WJ: Ambulocetus natans
PB: This another MPG.
WJ: Ungulate or cetacean mpg? if all vertebrates are from the one mpg, why don't we see transitions between dogs and cats?
PB: Cat and wolf are probably distinct MPGs.
PB: How do we recognise and discriminate between MPGs? I don't know yet. It suspect that it has something to do with Ernst Mayers definition of species. But it should be extended.
Best wishes,
Peter
WJ: Ambulocetus natans
PB: This another MPG.
WJ: Ungulate or cetacean mpg? if all vertebrates are from the one mpg, why don't we see transitions between dogs and cats?
PB: Cat and wolf are probably distinct MPGs.
PB: How do we recognise and discriminate between MPGs? I don't know yet. It suspect that it has something to do with Ernst Mayers definition of species. But it should be extended.
Best wishes,
Peter

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wj
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Message 164 of 199 (32183)
02-13-2003 11:26 PM
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02-13-2003 10:59 PM


It would appear, PB, that you have very little idea about what your mpg is, but this does not stop you from offering it as an explanation for any observations in the fossil record. Surely these should have been thought about and tenative answers found before declaring your gutob as a better theory than the theory of evolution.

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peter borger
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Message 165 of 199 (32197)
02-14-2003 1:43 AM
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02-13-2003 11:26 PM


Hi WJ,
WJ:
It would appear, PB, that you have very little idea about what your mpg is, but this does not stop you from offering it as an explanation for any observations in the fossil record. Surely these should have been thought about and tenative answers found before declaring your gutob as a better theory than the theory of evolution.
PB: It would appear, WJ, that biologists have very little idea about what a species is (Hey, J. The mind of the species problem. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2001, vol 16, no7. AT LEAST I BACK UP MY CLAIMS), but is does not stop them from offering evolutionism for any observations, including medicine, psychology, day-to-day-life, criminology, etcetera. Surely, these should have been thought about thoroughly and tentative answers found before declaring that evolutionism is a theory that can explain all life associated phenomena. As demonstrated, it can not. It is story telling, and I can make up stories myself.
Best wishes,
Peter
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