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Morons are needed (some considerations on evolution)

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote]Species become more suited to their environment by the combination of fortuitous mutation which is passed on, and by unsuitable mutations which are not. Only those species suited to their environments survive - which does not sounds as miraculous as it does when only the well suitedness of the survivors is discussed.[/quote] Actually, this is not true. Unsuitable mutations can be passed on if they are dormant. In fact, we see that there [b]IS[/b] some sort of process to Evolution - it builds on the past adaptions, producing more and more variables - and these variables can be both beneficial and unsuitable, active or inactive, dependingly. Compare the DNA of a single-celled microbe from 1 billion years ago to the Human DNA of today. We [b]ARE[/b] seeing some sort of simple-to-complexity process going on. It doesn't really matter why and how it is happening - it is happening. We can actually see it. This doesn't necessarily mean that Evolution is moving towards or away from something. But it does indicate that things start simple and then [i]tend[/i] to become more complex. We see this for example in the way that the simple eye has evolved into a very complex, very capable eye (and there are examples where the eye has degenerated and almost disappeared, like in blind cave fish, for example - but the DNA for the eye is still there, just mostly dormant). On a large scale, and viewed over time, there does seem to be a process of simple-to-complexity going on in the Evolution that we can witness and measure. [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/397/]WebShaman[/url] \| [i]The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. - Sophocles[/i] Loading...
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