Empirical Evidence for Evolution

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Originally posted by John Paul:
What limits body builders from lifting more & more weight? What limits runners from breaking the sound barrier?

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Only being able to increase muscle mass a couple of 10s of percents. [QUOTE]Originally posted by John Paul:
Why in all the millions (if not billions) of observed bacterial generations have we not observed bacteria evolving into anything but bacteria? Why does a virus ALWAYS remain a virus?
[/B][/QUOTE]Possible answer. An organism today has to overcome environmental pressures to evolve from niche a to niche b. In the pre-Cambrian fewer environmental pressures existed, so macro evolution was met with less failure.------------------
Occam's razor is not for shaving with.

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Originally posted by John Paul:

John Paul:
Common mechanism can also explain shared retro-viral insetrtions and pseudogenes.

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1/ Given 6,000 years in which to do it, how?
2/ & just how?------------------
Occam's razor is not for shaving with.

Yup, sorry Brad, I must join those who simply don't have a clue what your on about. I'm sure there should be some punctuation going on. That people spell poorly is irrelevant to me, as long as I understand them. But I have to draw the line at the induced asphyxia of a loooooooong sentence, sans commas. It's very hard to read, mate.------------------
Occam's razor is not for shaving with.

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