 | evolution IS testable, regardless of what a01011399 thinks I explain (or at least try to) using cladograms why feathered dinosaurs are not problems for evolution, but feathered dogs are problems. basically, a cladogram depicts the evolutionary relationships among different life forms and uses them to classify living things. Thanks to washington, loudmouth, and naraoia for giving me the info on cladistics/taxonomy you can find them on christianforums.com |
 | Evolved From Apes; Thank You 'kurisu313' This is a reply to a reply video made by 'kurisu313.' Cla-cla-cladistics! |
 | Species was originally a creationist idea. John Ray coined the term "species." He was a creationist. Linneaus used "species" as the base level of his taxonomy. He too was a creaionist. A taxonomy is a way of organizing data. Applying the continuum of evolution to the discrete categories of linnaean taxonomy produces an effect akin to "quantization error" in mathematics. Darwin talked about the problems with the species concept in Origin of Species - in the first chapter and several other times throughout the book. Also, lots of words in math and science have multiple definitions: randomness, complexity, information, entropy, to name a few off the top of my head. (No surprise that creationists - not you, perhaps, but other creationists - use these terms in some of their failed attempts to disprove evolution.) joness105639's original video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8BmzlnMui9M GeneticistAtheist's reponse: http://youtube.com/watch?v=svi65LlrkEY Important note: Forgot to correct something in my text comment on jones' video. I haven't read anything in detail about cladistics. I wrote that it doesn't use the 'species concept.' It's more correct for me to say that "I doubt it uses the creationist concept of species." |
 | Ocean Life 2 - How Scientists Classify In this segment, we examine the kinds of evidence that scientists use to classify life and to understand its history on Earth |
 | Ocean Life 3 - Linnaean Classification In this segment, we explore the classical Linnaean system for classifying life on Earth. While cladistics is preferred by modern scientists, the Linnaean system remains popular for teaching students about the evolutionary relationships between life on Earth. |
 | 10th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism An abreviated introductory primer to cladistic phylogenetics, the most compelling and overwhelming evidence of evolution and our place in nature. Here's the script: http://darwinwasright.homestead.com/10thFFoC.html |
 | Human Evolution? or Darwin was a used car salesman "Lucy" demoted from the human ancestral line; For as long as many of us can remember, Lucy has been an iconic fossil in the story of human evolution. The discussions about walking erect have been extensive. Many regard the evidence as definitive. However, "Rak and colleagues studied 146 mature primate bone specimens, including those from modern humans, gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans and found that the "ramus element" of the mandible connecting the lower jaw to the skull is like that of the robust forms". The presence of this morphology in both Australopithecus robustus and Australopithecus afarensis and its absence in modern humans has "cast doubt on the role of [Lucy] as a common ancestor." Like a baton passed from runner to runner, the distinctive bone does the job of "eliminating the possibility that Lucy and her kind are Man's direct ancestors." So what can be said about Lucy? "The specimen was only 1.1 meters tall, estimated to weigh 29 kilograms and look somewhat like a common chimpanzee." Also, "the structure of Lucy's mandibular ramus closely matches that of gorillas", which was an unexpected find, because this does not fit the previous cladistic analyses of chimps, gorillas and humans. It looks like this is an appropriate time to reappraise the way museums and textbooks present the story of human evolution. Gorilla-like anatomy on Australopithecus afarensis mandibles suggests Au. afarensis link to robust australopiths Yoel Rak, Avishag Ginzburg, and Eli Geffen Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, April 17 2007, 104: 6568-6572, doi 10.1073/pnas.0606454104 Darwinism Refuted http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man.html excerpt: What is the basis for the persistent human evolution thesis put forward by evolutionists? It is the existence of plenty of fossils on which evolutionists are able to build imaginary interpretations. Throughout history, more than 6,000 species of ape have lived, and most of them have become extinct. Today, only 120 species live on the earth. These 6,000 or so species of ape, most of which are extinct, constitute a rich resource for the evolutionists to build imaginary interpretations with. |
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