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Author Topic:   Patterns and Tautologies (The Circular Logic of Homologies)
bluescat48
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Message 19 of 67 (476912)
07-28-2008 2:08 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by LucyTheApe
07-28-2008 11:26 AM


Re: Circular Reasoning
If you expect creationists to reject creation, then you must
also be prepared to reject evolution (whatever evolution means today 29/7/2008).
I would reject any theory if a better theory was found. The point is at this time evolution is the best theory to explain the different species of living things.

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Message 42 of 67 (478073)
08-11-2008 4:35 PM
Reply to: Message 39 by Beretta
08-11-2008 2:51 AM


Re: Tautologies tautologies...
Wikipedia
Vestigiality
In evolutionary biology and comparative anatomy, vestigiality is a term which describes homologous characters of organisms which have lost all or most of their original function in a species through evolution. These may take various forms such as anatomical structures, behaviors and biochemical pathways. Some of these disappear early in embryonic development, but others are retained in adulthood. All such characters can in turn can be traced to the genes which code for such characters. Some genes no longer code for anything, and can thus be said vestigial themselves, or junk DNA.
Beretta
What vestigial features are you talking about? In the human for example, name me one.
The coccyx, remains of a tail + the muscles used to move the tail.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

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bluescat48
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Message 51 of 67 (478773)
08-20-2008 5:35 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by Beretta
08-20-2008 11:13 AM


Re: Berettas Berettas...
Based on your preconceptions. Based on mine, I think you’re wrong. I think it’s going to turn out much like the vestigial organs that only remain vestigial until somebody finds their function.
They would still be vestiges. They are vestigial, not because they lack function, but that they no longer have the function that the same organ had in an ancestral organism.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

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