Hi, I hope you are getting time to browse around EvC and start to get an idea of how things work. There are lots of different people here with different viewpoints and different amounts of knowledge on different topics.
If you truely do have an open mind then you have a great opportunity to learn. It is a bit slower and less efficient than reading books but it does give you a chance to ask questions.
As for you opening post (OP):
We try to keep topics focussed. They tend to wander all over even if we do start them off with a narrow focus. For this reason your OP has too many questions in it. Each one of them should be in a thread of it's own.
Pick one and then we can let it go for discussion.
Let me give you some hints on each though:
1) We see all the stages today. If you search here (there is a search function) you might find where it has been discussed before.
2) This is covered in recent "origins of life" threads. To the first question there is "I don't know". As for the question in the second part why don't you read very carefully the first part as it has the answer to the second in it. This is an example of where a bit of your own thinking would allow you to come up with a reasonable possible answer on your own.
3)The premises of this question is not true. There are many traits that occur in only one species (or a small group of them). In addition, there seems to be no trait of humans that isn't present (to a greater or lessor extent) in other existing species. Give this some further thought and I think you can come up with an explanation of your own to the degree that your premises are partially true.
4) Again, you should be able to think this through but it would make a good OP on it's own. It is well focussed and would force those answering to think it through carefully. That is why some people are here.
5) A good question. Why is it important? Why do you ignore the fact that not all humans have this shameful feeling?
6) Do rats survive without fire? Do baboons? Do chimps? You need to spend a bit more time reading over your own questions.
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