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Author Topic:   Human Brain Evolution Was a 'Special Event'
Taz
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Message 15 of 65 (352846)
09-28-2006 1:41 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by skepticfaith
09-27-2006 5:41 PM


Re: It still is 'Special'
skepticfaith writes:
How did such rapid change take place in such a short time?
Define "short".
PS I just went through and read other people's posts on this point. You haven't responded yet. I'd like to give you an opportunity to define what you meant as "short".
PPS Don't try to ignore this simple request.
Edited by gasby, : No reason given.

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Taz
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Message 17 of 65 (352856)
09-28-2006 1:59 PM
Reply to: Message 16 by robinrohan
09-28-2006 1:55 PM


Re: It still is 'Special'
That's what I figured. But he made it out to sound like a few days or a few years via his reference to lab rats.
Edited by gasby, : No reason given.

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Taz
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Message 26 of 65 (353012)
09-28-2006 11:36 PM
Reply to: Message 18 by skepticfaith
09-28-2006 7:07 PM


Re: short
Then why referenced the lab rats? Moving the goal post now are we?

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Taz
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Message 27 of 65 (353014)
09-28-2006 11:43 PM
Reply to: Message 21 by skepticfaith
09-28-2006 7:37 PM


Re: Hey, you! Bring that goal post back over here!
skepticfaith writes:
It still is remarkable since the history of civilization is over a few thousand years or so, then have any mutations occurred throughout history that we have discovered?
For starter, hemophilia and the other various genetic disorders out there. Hint: Look at the British royal family.
Have our brains grown bigger
You know, if you want to move the goal post at least try to do it without being so obvious. Most of us here can smell BS pretty well.
- are we still evolving?
At this point, I would like to ask an admin's permission to lose my temper. Not only is this guy shamelessly changing his position from post to post, he has demonstrated a total lack of understanding of what "evolve" meant.
Isn't there a forum guideline somewhere that discourages people from blowing out hot air?

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Taz
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Message 28 of 65 (353015)
09-28-2006 11:47 PM
Reply to: Message 24 by skepticfaith
09-28-2006 11:27 PM


Re: Mutations.
skepticfaith writes:
Clearly such mutations have not being observed and this entire mechanism is all theory.
Answer me this question and you might actually answer your own question. How long have the hand full of people around the world who are known as biologists kept an eye out for a mutation that involves the human brain?
Regardless of how valid you think evolution theory is, you have to admit that there is a very little that we know about the evolution of the brain.. Similarly we know very little of how complex organs have actually developed - there are numerous theories but no actual evidence. This is the major major stumbling block of evolution theory ...
Right, it must have been goddunit!

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Message 44 of 65 (353348)
09-30-2006 8:45 PM
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09-30-2006 8:25 PM



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Message 49 of 65 (353629)
10-02-2006 1:01 PM
Reply to: Message 46 by RAZD
10-01-2006 5:59 PM


Re: note ...
RAZD writes:
it is usually considered bad form to link directly to images on other sites ("deep links") as it can cause high bandwidth use on those sites.
You know, you just gave me an idea

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