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Author Topic:   Reverse evolution?
NoNukes
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Message 3 of 18 (692982)
03-08-2013 11:34 PM


I think Jon is right. The article mentions Dollo's law which is a hypothesis that evolution is not reversible. That does not mean that one or more traits that results from evolution might not disappear in the future.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass

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NoNukes
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Message 10 of 18 (693072)
03-10-2013 4:50 PM
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03-10-2013 1:44 PM


Re: whales were once land beasts who had evolved from sea life forms, then returned again
Whales evolved into land animals millions of years ago.
But at some point, they reverted back to the sea animals again.
Whales never evolved into land animals.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass

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NoNukes
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Message 17 of 18 (693093)
03-10-2013 7:43 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by kofh2u
03-10-2013 5:46 PM


Re: whales were once land beasts who had evolved from sea life forms, then returned again
Have I ever misinformed you guys here...????
Most of your posts contain misinformation.
It's the tale of an ancient land mammal making its way back to the sea, becoming the forerunner of today's whales.
I'm well aware that whales evolved from land animals.
What I take issue with is your contention that those land animals from which whales evolved, were themselves evolved from whales. I note that your response doesn't bother addressing the point that whales have not evolved into land animals.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass

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