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Author Topic:   Why haven't we observed mutations of new body parts?
Archer Opteryx
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Message 7 of 99 (419205)
09-01-2007 2:09 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Forever
09-01-2007 12:40 PM


Welcome to EvC.
Permanent modification of a body part counts. It is how many exciting developments in evolution happen.
The evolving shape of the human jaw appears to be behind the observation that fewer and fewer individuals grow wisdom teeth.
Modifications of existing parts lie behind the appearance of many 'new' features in the past, such as tetrapod feet, the mammalian inner ear, the feathered wing, and the whale flipper.
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Archer
All species are transitional.

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Archer Opteryx
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Message 30 of 99 (419544)
09-03-2007 12:58 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by Hyroglyphx
09-01-2007 9:32 PM


an invitation

Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.
- James Thurber
NJ:
What evolutionist wouldn't want this kind of physical evidence? You'd probably soil yourself if such unambiguous evidence existed
If anyone soiled themselves, NJ, they did it back in the 1870s when it first came to light. Now, this kind of thing doesn't even count as a novelty.
I think if you were to make such a discovery, it would be as grand as discovering the Arc of the Covenant would be to an archaeologist.
This is sad, NJ. You have no idea.
You really have missed every memo since the 1870s.
Do yourself a favour. Take that museum trip Crash recommended.
Try to pay attention when you go. Leave the prejudice and the horror stories you've been fed in the parking lot for one afternoon. Forget the generations of bitter feelings that have warped and twisted so many American religious communities since the Scopes trial. Let that fight rest with the people who fought it, NJ. It's not yours.
Just give the earth explorers the benefit of the doubt. For once. They have something they want to show you.
It's not some nefarious plot by a worldwide conspiracy of atheists to make you lose your faith in Jesus your Saviour. And neither is it just someone else's made-up 'ad hoc explanation' duelling yours.
It's love, really. Love of life, love of nature, love of learning. These people love it enough that they make it their life's work. And all they ask is that you let them share it with you.
Things like that should be shared, NJ.
We live on a fascinating planet. Some exciting things have happened here. Things worth knowing.
For yourself, NJ, please: let them show you some of it.
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Archer
All species are transitional.

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