Evolution.

far as i know its when one thing becomes another, but to what extent?

acretion is a fancy word for how the raw elements that make up the Earth over billions of years gathered together to make up this planet.
But Teen this forum is for Evolution not Cosmology..If you have a question on evolution I promise it will be attended to.

Since I'm still somewhat of a newbie to this forum, I completely forgot that there are sections for cosmology and stuff. I came from a forum where everything was put into a single section.Anyhow, I apologize for that long post that explains nothing about evolution.

your a newbie!?! i just registered like an hour ago.

anyways back to evolution, evolution is when one thing becomes another right? so how long does this process take? is the creature born diferent or does it wake up one day with a coulple extra arms and legs?[This message has been edited by teen15m6, 04-02-2004]

Well, the Theory of Evolution describes the gradual change and development of species. It is not an instantaneous thing, such as being born with extra arms and legs. More like changes in genes in parent generations cause really really really slow developments to successive offspring.

just how drastic can these cahnges be? and do they occur with every offspring or just a few? and r the changes the same with all the offspring?

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anyways back to evolution, evolution is when one thing becomes another right? so how long does this process take? is the creature born diferent or does it wake up one day with a coulple extra arms and legs?

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The creature is born different because of some kind of error in the genetic transmission process. Most errors result in "junk genes" that really doesn't do anything. Some ends up being harmful to the individual. Some actually help the individual outcompete with its parents.Refer to this thread for some examples of this happening, including the tetraploidy rat on page 3.

so evolution is when an error occurs in our gene pool, does that happen often? cuz it hasnt happened for ove 5000 years with humans, i know this because they found a mummy that old and he wasnt any different from us.

ok, heres another question, have ever found a fossilized man? and what r the conditions for something to be fossilized?

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so evolution is when an error occurs in our gene pool, does that happen often? cuz it hasnt happened for ove 5000 years with humans, i know this because they found a mummy that old and he wasnt any different from us.

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It happens all the time! Just nothing big enough to create a new species.Based on the pedigree of the English royal family, we know for a fact that a mutation occurred in Queen Victoria that resulted in hemophilia in the family. A mutation occurred and a new allele came to be, causing hemophilia in the male members that happened to catch that allele.

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ok, heres another question, have ever found a fossilized man? and what r the conditions for something to be fossilized?

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Do a google search. I'm not a big fan of google search, but I do think that this kind of information can be found on the internet without much effort.As far as fossilized man goes, no. They have only found fossilized footprints of primates that CAN very well be man's ancestors.[This message has been edited by Lam, 04-02-2004]

yeah but thats because they all inerbread was it not?

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yeah but thats because they all inerbread was it not?

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You've been misinformed on what causes genetic diseases.Interbreeding doesn't cause genetic disorders. Interbreeding only increases the chance for genetic disorder to occur, IFF (if and only if) the parents are carrying the alleles for the genetic disorder.

ok i will do that, later, i know for a fact that fossilized human footprints were found right next to dinosaur foot prints, and they were huge! prooving that humans were on earth at the same time as dinosaurs, thats y i wanted to know if we ever found a fosilized human.