Evolution of the mammalian middle ear: the basics.

[foroparapente]

Humans did not evolve form apes, they were created by god.

However, god did evolve form a god ape, that is a fact.

[Davidbensonxyz]

Gah, I can't watch this guy. He is grotesque. I agree with the sentiments in this video, evolution is a fact, but he just puts his point across in such an off putting way. I remember one video where he just starts chanting, "GRADIDY GRADIDY" over and over. He was trying to sat "Gravity" but just messed it up.

[erikstevenpierro]

no such thing as god.

[Kargoneth]

I like my lizard brain...

[matemanrediff]

Wonder how gullible people can be to swallow all that trash...a lizards bone in his ear?! What does he know about the design of the ear?!

[zipity25]

It's called evolution, idiot.

[markcatanz1]

You have been terminated from future dialogue. You are no longer worthy of intelligent conversation since you have been unable to demonstrate an interest in topic you addressed.

[markcatanz1]

Call me an idiot, perhaps you don't understand. It is a fact that every stage believed to be involved in the evolution of eye is represented in a living species today. We don't need fossils, the evidence is living today. The same can be demonstrated regarding all stages of skull and jawbone evolution in mammals and reptiles. Why? Life is so diverse that if a series of fossil causing events happen sporadically over the next 5,000 years we'd find the same fossils but attribute them to evolution.

[markcatanz1]

You can take every living reptile and mammal today and piece together the required similiar structures to support your case for evolutionary history. That is a fact. I can't believe you people are so naive as to fall for this crap.

[markcatanz1]

The real and only explanation regarding similiar structures found in the fossil record is that there were always species living in such diversity, and the keyword here is diversity, that by default there would be similiarities with slight differences, hence the false interpretation of the fossil record.

[Desertphile]

"You can take every living reptile and mammal today and piece together the required similiar structures...."

Idiot.

[Starmexus84]

Also what flaws are there in the middle ear? You said there were some design flaws.

[Desertphile]

"Also what flaws are there in the middle ear?"

You mean besides their fragility and their likelihood of being damaged by the time one is around 40 years old? Besides their being prone to infection that antibiotics cannot treat but only surgery can?

"You said there were some design flaws."

Ears were not designed.

[AdventGuard33]

your body is quite toxic...there is nothing wrong with our bodies...rather...our diet and lifestyle

[Starmexus84]

LOL @ "Government paid union job"

[sunergos7]

by the way nice music

[sunergos7]

this is a biological narrative of evolution not evidence for it. tell me qnother story

[Desertphile]

"this is a biological narrative of evolution not evidence for it."

Idiot.

[sunergos7]

how did you know? who's been talk about me to you???

[precinct]

Nice video and I'd say that there's nothing in the human body that looks quite so 'evolved' or blindly 'designed' than the awkward and bizarre looking mechanisms of the middle and inner ear. Which is the point you end up making after your initial intro.

Anyway, good work.

[sunergos7]

Your comment "awkward and bizarre looking mechanism" comment is an anthropomorphism

[jfeucht82]

Fossil records and anatomy are completely insufficient at proving evolution. The same exact arguments can be used to explain the development of live by a creator through stages of increasing complexity. To explain how the ear could possibly evolve requires deeper explanations of the microbiology of hearing.

[Desertphile]

"Fossil records and anatomy are completely insufficient at proving evolution."

NOTHING will ever "prove evolution." No natural phenomena is ever "proven."

[NotSoOldHippy]

Pot smoking gods. What frothingly incompetent morons. They should be fired. In the mean time, bet you not one unfortunate Creationist follower can explain why their gods are such frockingly bad engineers.

[Desertphile]

"... e Creationist follower can explain why their gods are such frockingly bad engineers."

Yeah, good point. Where are the Creationists who know the answer to this mystery?

[NotSoOldHippy]

Hello?  Creationist moron? Whardja go?

[Desertphile]

"Hello? Creationist moron? Whardja go?"

Maybe his gods called him away to the sacrifice.

[menotfree]

Good. now do eyes please. :)

[evirus]

eyes have been done, you can see a clip where dawkins discuesses it on youtube

[evirus]

whenever my ear feels irrataed scraching the back of my tounge helps.

[Desertphile]

"whenever my ear feels irrataed scraching the back of my tounge helps."

Black magic, surely. :-) I have also noticed that when I scratch the inside of an ear, the stop above my clavical, on the neck, itches. We appear to be wired up all over the place, which I suppose is a good thing. A lady friend of mine's nose itches when she scratches her palms.

[HopefullyUnexpected]

Now I don't know if my nose itches because it of the nerves or because you said it.

[evirus]

whats also interesting is that now that i have had my wisdom teeth removed, when i feel the urge to pee i feel it in my jaw as well. vary odd.

[Desertphile]

"when i feel the urge to pee i feel it in my jaw as well. vary odd."

Golly, that must be really handy. I'm not sure what the selevtive advantage is, but surely it must be good for SOMETHING. :-)

[NotSoOldHippy]

That's fairly common in humans -- and presumably the other primates. "My teeth are floating" isn't an expression suggesting one's pull of piss, it's a comment about the feeling in one's teeth some times when the need to deurine is pressing. }:-}