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randman 
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Message 16 of 34 (214417)
06-05-2005 3:44 AM
Reply to: Message 15 by mark24
06-04-2005 10:04 AM


Let's keep the loaded semantics out of the picture, shall we?
Homologies are by definition shared traits from common descent. So you cannot theorize about homologies not being shared traits.
You can discuss similarities that are considered to stem from common ancestry.
Not trying to be picky, but think the whole discussion can proceed better if we keep such terms out of the discussion.
Otherwise, we really have to decide if similarities should be called homologies, homoplasies, or neither (which is of course what we are trying to do here, but just to make a point).
Moreover, for convergent evolution to take place similar selective pressures must be in evidence.
That seems logical except that convergent DNA sequencing suggests otherwise. But it's an interesting point. If environmental pressures must be applied to create convergency, and we find examples of convergency that do not seem driven by environmental pressure, would that be evidence of a hidden environmental pressure such as an intelligent agent?
Why do birds show so many homologies with therapods when their lifestyles are so different?
Good point except we need specifics, and I have a question, are not the homologies advantageous for both groups of species? Assuming they are, that they are due to natural selection, why could they not be an example of convergent evolution?
Can a trait not be selected for, even when the 2 species have different lifestyles? You are assuming that the trait can only evolve independently from one set of circumstances, and that's just an assumption.
Plus, what if it did not evolve from convergency from outside selective pressures, but from convergent DNA, or ID (an intelligent agent), or just by golly, the same trait worked for both and independently evolved.
Common descent is not the only answer here.

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Message 17 of 34 (214419)
06-05-2005 3:47 AM
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06-04-2005 10:04 AM


I just posted a long reply, but did not realize this was on this thread still.
If you want to respond more, why don't you quote my post with your response following and put it over on the new thread so we keep each thread topic clear?
Or not.
Either way is good.

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Message 18 of 34 (214469)
06-05-2005 9:22 AM
Reply to: Message 13 by Palaeos
06-04-2005 1:25 AM


Re: Dromaeosaur
Could something like Archaeopteryx be the ancestor of later dromaeosaurs? I mean, maybe the dino-bird people see the whole thing backwards, assuming that because birds are with us here today and velociraptors are not, then it is concluded that birds are derived from the classic dromaeosaurs (Deinonychus, Velociraptor etal.) Which we all know imply a large gap in the dromaeosaurid fossil record back to the Jurassic.
My hunch on this is
primitive theropod/thecodont ---> pre-archaeopteryx (arboreal raptors, something like Microraptor gui) ---> Archaeopteryx ---> (dromaeosaurids) (modern birds)
in which an Archaeopteryx-like ancestor gave rise to two groups, modern birds (perfecting adaptations for flight) and dromaeosaurids (entering another niche as swift predators)
I know the dino-bird theory is more popular, but I still think the paleontologists need to look in the Jurassic for fossils earlier than Archy.

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Message 19 of 34 (214492)
06-05-2005 12:03 PM
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06-05-2005 3:44 AM


randman,
Response posted on correct forum as requested.
Mark
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Message 20 of 34 (214499)
06-05-2005 12:40 PM


Heading to another topic
The convergent issue has it's own thread:
Is convergent evolution evidence against common descent?
Do not persue it here. Thanks

  
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Message 21 of 34 (552058)
03-26-2010 8:03 AM


bump for JETZEN
JETZEN posted a new topic
this is a thread with the same general topic.
Also see EvC Forum: Archaeopteryx and Dino-Bird Evolution
Message 1: is archaeopteryx a...... valid example of a transitional fossil?
in a recent debate i was in. i was requested to provide a transitional fossil. and i used an archaeopteryx.
my creationist apponent was still unreasonable and without a clue.
This is normal. It's the problem with idee fixes.
Also see Transitional Fossils Show Evolution in Process.
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Message 22 of 34 (552079)
03-26-2010 10:54 AM
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03-30-2005 1:27 AM


thanks for answering my question....being that archaeopteryx has feathers and teeth i assumed that they would be a good transitional species between reptile and bird.
but unfortunatly my creationist apponet could'nt see it that way.

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Message 23 of 34 (552081)
03-26-2010 11:01 AM
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03-26-2010 10:54 AM


JETZEN writes:
but unfortunatly my creationist apponet could'nt see it that way.
Of course, if creationists could be persuaded by evidence, there wouldn't be any creationists. Be prepared to see this alot.

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Message 24 of 34 (552169)
03-27-2010 1:41 AM
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03-26-2010 10:54 AM


the biggest problem for evolutionists and Archaeopteryx is that it does not predate birds, because fossils of other birds have been found in rocks of the same period
if it was one of these so called 'transitional fossils' then it should have existed long before birds became a species, yes?

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Message 25 of 34 (552174)
03-27-2010 2:04 AM
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03-27-2010 1:41 AM


if it was one of these so called 'transitional fossils' then it should have existed long before birds became a species, yes?
No.
You seem to think that the ToE calls for a straight line descent, with each previous species dying out as the next species comes along. This simply isn't the case. At one point in time in the past, there were reptiles. Eventually, some of them evolved into birds, but that process took millions of years. During that process, there was an extended period of time during which reptiles, birds and their transitional intermediates all co-existed.
In essence, your argument is no different from the familiar, "How could we have evolved from apes if there are still apes around?" The only real perplexing thing is why you think you can make the same arguments over and over that have been refuted a thousand times and expect them to eventually convince anyone.

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Message 26 of 34 (552203)
03-27-2010 10:49 AM
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03-27-2010 1:41 AM


if it was one of these so called 'transitional fossils' then it should have existed long before birds became a species, yes?
Much of your problem is your definition of transition. To you, it appears that organism A becomes organism B through direct transition
A10 B0 to A5 B5 to A0 B10
Where in reality A10 B0 becomes a number of Ax B10-x some which lines continue, others become extinct. Archeopteryx is of the latter.
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Message 27 of 34 (552216)
03-27-2010 12:40 PM
Reply to: Message 24 by Peg
03-27-2010 1:41 AM


Hi, Peg.
Peg writes:
the biggest problem for evolutionists and Archaeopteryx is that it does not predate birds, because fossils of other birds have been found in rocks of the same period
The biggest problem for you, Peg, is that this is not true.
The Protoavis remains are not preserved well enough for anybody to state with any certainty what the creature actually was.

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Message 28 of 34 (552391)
03-28-2010 4:43 PM
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03-27-2010 1:41 AM


Peg,
a transitional fossil of a extinct animal has nothing to do with existing or extinction, it is merely evidence of evolution.
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Message 29 of 34 (552432)
03-29-2010 5:35 AM
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03-27-2010 1:41 AM


the biggest problem for evolutionists and Archaeopteryx is that it does not predate birds, because fossils of other birds have been found in rocks of the same period
if it was one of these so called 'transitional fossils' then it should have existed long before birds became a species, yes?
I have said before that one of the strange paradoxes of creationism is that creationists are obsessed with biology but not remotely interested in it.
This would be a case in point.
Leaving aside your gross and contemptible ignorance of the fossil record, you just wrote the words: "birds became a species".
This is the point at which you should hide your face in shame.
Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

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Message 30 of 34 (552503)
03-29-2010 3:15 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by nator
03-29-2005 6:10 PM


quote:
Are you referring to Archaeopteryx? Hasn't it definitely, especially with recent research, been found to be a bird?
It has a jaw with reptillian teeth, absent beak, a long bony tail, a neck that attaches to skull from rear (like dinosaurs) instead of from below (like birds), a flat breastbone, stomach ribs, reptilian vertebrae, unfused wristbones (birds have fused ones), unfused ankle bones (ditto), sacrum occupies only 6 vertebrae (half the minimum for birds), and (my personal favorite) three bony claws jutting out from the middle of each wing. These are reptillian characteristics, not bird ones.

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