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Pressie
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Message 136 of 218 (824535)
11-30-2017 7:44 AM
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11-30-2017 4:24 AM


Nebraska man, really?
Dredge writes:
My point is, not only was Nebraska Man fabricated on the basis of one tooth...
Actually, the tooth wasn't fabricated. So, what's your point?

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jar
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Message 137 of 218 (824537)
11-30-2017 8:20 AM
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11-30-2017 7:44 AM


Re: Nebraska man, really?
And it was not the Christian Cult of Ignorance that determined that it was not a primate but rather Science.

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Message 138 of 218 (824545)
11-30-2017 10:15 AM
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11-30-2017 8:20 AM


Re: Nebraska man, really?
In comparison, countless creationist claims and hoaxes that were literally refuted completely several decades ago are still being taught as Gospel to new converts.
Science wants to get at the truth, so it tests its results and corrects the inevitable mistakes as quickly as possible.
Creationism just wants to deceive everybody into converting to its own false theology, so it tests nothing and retains its mistakes and hoaxes for eternity.
That tells us everything we need to know about creationism and its associated religion.

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Message 139 of 218 (824555)
11-30-2017 11:11 AM
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11-26-2017 6:49 AM


Re: platypus nested hierarchy
Dredge writes:
The rationale for arranging them in that order is to make it look like the general theory of evolution is true - as is the wont of atheist "scientists".
So you admit that fossils look transitional?

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Message 140 of 218 (824556)
11-30-2017 11:13 AM
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11-30-2017 4:24 AM


Re: platypus nested hierarchy
Dredge writes:
My point is, not only was Nebraska Man fabricated on the basis of one tooth, that tooth was very weathered and thus hard to identify. Junk science built on junk evidence, in other words.
Nebraska Man and Piltdown Man were disproven by the same science that you reject. You're scoffing at the science in one breath and praising it in the next.

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Message 141 of 218 (824563)
11-30-2017 11:40 AM


Both Nebraska Man and Piltdown Man live on only in the minds of creationists.
These are the same creationists who believe if they can discredit Darwin in some way that will discredit his theory over 150 years later.

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Dredge
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Message 142 of 218 (824802)
12-03-2017 6:47 PM
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11-30-2017 11:11 AM


Re: platypus nested hierarchy
A cat fossil and a dog fossil could be imagined as transitional. Nothing to do with reality, however.

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Dredge
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Message 143 of 218 (824803)
12-03-2017 6:49 PM


In the way of an exercise, could a flying pig be fitted into a nested hierarchy?

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Message 144 of 218 (824804)
12-03-2017 7:51 PM
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12-03-2017 6:49 PM


Dredge writes:
In the way of an exercise, could a flying pig be fitted into a nested hierarchy?
You mean a pig with four legs but with two extra limbs growing somewhere out of its back that are wings? No. Same answer for griffins, minotaurs, dragons, cyclops, etc.
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Message 145 of 218 (824807)
12-03-2017 8:30 PM
Reply to: Message 141 by Coyote
11-30-2017 11:40 AM


The best evidence for creationism
These are the same creationists who believe if they can discredit Darwin in some way that will discredit his theory over 150 years later.
"Show us your best evidence for creation and/or a young earth."
"Nebraska man and Piltdown man were hoaxes."
:blink:
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"Nothing is easier than to persuade people who want to be persuaded and already believe." - another Petrarca gem.
Ignorance is a most formidable opponent rivaled only by arrogance; but when the two join forces, one is all but invincible.

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dwise1
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Message 146 of 218 (824808)
12-03-2017 8:35 PM
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12-03-2017 6:49 PM


Do please explain to us how that could ever be possible.
IOW, please present us with the possible nested hierarchy.

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herebedragons
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Message 147 of 218 (824809)
12-03-2017 8:55 PM
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12-03-2017 6:47 PM


Re: platypus nested hierarchy
A cat fossil and a dog fossil could be imagined as transitional.
You don't know what "transitional" means, do you?
quote:
TRANSITIONAL: marked by transition : involving, providing, or consisting of a passage, movement, or change from one state, condition, subject, place, etc., to another
quote:
TRANSITIONAL FOSSIL: a fossil that exhibits characteristics of both ancestral and derived forms
Since cats and dogs are both modern species, they cannot have characteristics of a derived form, they ARE the derived form. Of course, you could chose an actual transitional fossil and explain why that specimen does not have characteristics of both the proposed ancestral and derived forms. But you are not really able to do that are you? So you just stick to spouting irrelevant silliness.
HBD

Whoever calls me ignorant shares my own opinion. Sorrowfully and tacitly I recognize my ignorance, when I consider how much I lack of what my mind in its craving for knowledge is sighing for... I console myself with the consideration that this belongs to our common nature. - Francesco Petrarca
"Nothing is easier than to persuade people who want to be persuaded and already believe." - another Petrarca gem.
Ignorance is a most formidable opponent rivaled only by arrogance; but when the two join forces, one is all but invincible.

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herebedragons
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Message 148 of 218 (824810)
12-03-2017 8:59 PM
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12-03-2017 6:49 PM


In the way of an exercise, could a flying pig be fitted into a nested hierarchy?
You are the one who claims that the nested hierarchy is imaginary and any animal could be forced into a nested hierarchy by ambitious scientists. So how about you tell us where you imagine a pig with four legs and wings would fit into a nested hierarchy. There should be several places where it would fit just fine if your assertion that nested hierarchies are imaginary is correct.
ABE:
Dredge writes:
In others words, any creature can be fitted into a nested hierarchy - all you need is a vivid imagination and an appetite for fake science.
Here's your chance to support your statement above. /ABE
Where would you put a flying pig in the "tree of life"?
HBD
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Whoever calls me ignorant shares my own opinion. Sorrowfully and tacitly I recognize my ignorance, when I consider how much I lack of what my mind in its craving for knowledge is sighing for... I console myself with the consideration that this belongs to our common nature. - Francesco Petrarca
"Nothing is easier than to persuade people who want to be persuaded and already believe." - another Petrarca gem.
Ignorance is a most formidable opponent rivaled only by arrogance; but when the two join forces, one is all but invincible.

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Message 149 of 218 (824813)
12-03-2017 10:09 PM
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12-03-2017 8:55 PM


transitionals
Since cats and dogs are both modern species, they cannot have characteristics of a derived form, they ARE the derived form. ...
And they will be intermediates (transitionals) to future forms.
Every individual fossil or being is intermediate between ancestor and progeny/descendant forms except those that are without progeny and the last of a population going extinct.
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Message 150 of 218 (824814)
12-03-2017 10:28 PM
Reply to: Message 142 by Dredge
12-03-2017 6:47 PM


Intermediates and Transitionals
A cat fossil and a dog fossil could be imagined as transitional.
A cat fossil would have ancestors and be part of a breeding population that produced offspring.
Therefore that cat fossil would be intermediate (another term for transitional) between the ancestral population and the descendant population.
Likewise, a dog fossil would have ancestors and be part of a breeding population that produced offspring.
Therefore that dog fossil would be intermediate (another term for transitional) between the ancestral population and the descendant population.
By definition of what an intermediate is by evolution science, no imagination required.
quote:
Transitional forms
Fossils or organisms that show the intermediate states between an ancestral form and that of its descendants are referred to as transitional forms. There are numerous examples of transitional forms in the fossil record, providing an abundance of evidence for change over time.
Pakicetus (below left), is described as an early ancestor to modern whales. Although pakicetids were land mammals, it is clear that they are related to whales and dolphins based on a number of specializations of the ear, relating to hearing. The skull shown here displays nostrils at the front of the skull.
A skull of the gray whale that roams the seas today (below right) has its nostrils placed at the top of its skull. It would appear from these two specimens that the position of the nostril has changed over time and thus we would expect to see intermediate forms.
Note that the nostril placement in Aetiocetus is intermediate between the ancestral form Pakicetus and the modern gray whale an excellent example of a transitional form in the fossil record!
So here we have another teachable moment brought to you by Dredge.
Nothing to do with reality, however.
Amusing how reality keeps banging you in the shins as you stumble in the dark realm of ignorance.
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