Wings Legs and Fins: How Do New Organs Arise in Evolution?

Neil Shubin, Associate Dean of the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago researches the evolutionary origin of anatomical features of animals. He describes how new organs arise through evolutionary processes. Series: UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures [5/2009] [Science] [Show ID: 16421]

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[samisyosam]

Oh fuck you.

You just latched on to the fact that he said the word DESIGN. This has nothing to do with intelligent design. Watch the whole video before you jump to conclusions.

It's not our jobs as biologists to pussyfoot around the word "design" just because you people want to make up a pseudo scientific theory about it. You don't own the word. The word 'design' does not immediately translate into god.

Stop trolling the evolution debate with your retarded creationist interjections.

[sarcastickraut]

Hope this is interesting. Thank you, U. of C., for making all these lectures available.

[SQuiRR3LM0nk3y]

@ChrisKnight22 You're right, any one who believes a monkey gave birth to them is stupid and who believes that there is scientific theory that suggest such a thing is stupid. Sad thing is no scientist or any one who knows about evolution believes that. It's always the stupid or ignorant ones that use strawmans regarding evolution.

[samisyosam]

@ChrisKnight22 I'm sure that assertion "came to you in a dream" because there's no other way for a person to come up with such a harebrained conclusion about existence. Did someone carrying a book tell you that? I'm sure that's all the empirical evidence you'd need to believe in spiritualism.

By the way, I'm also a spiritual afterlife-salesman. If you pray to the deity that I tell you exists and give me your money I'll ensure that you have a nice car waiting for you in the clouds after you die.

[ChrisKnight22]

absolute insanity that its 2010 and people are still walking around believing they come from monkeys. I'm not a religious person so you angry confused types can save you comments. The brainwashing is unreal...

[ChrisKnight22]

@samisyosam you are a powerful spiritual light being having a human experience. get over it.

[ThermalHD]

My guess for a new organ in the far future is this. I have seen a lot of people with a slight bump in their head (3rd eye) and belive it will be developed. But it doesnt nessesarry need to be an eye. It can be something other wich will be helpfull for us humans.

[WordOfAccord]

chit chat ends at minute 4:40.

[rooflee]

@saynotodarwin You're a joke is what you are.

[hilbert54]

Excellent stuff. What a great channel.

[crossoldman]

Sorry but even the legal system says otherwise. You may serve up your arrogant deluded rants all you want but until you have something besides distortions and lies to base your claims on the world will continue to laugh at you. So yes do continue to try and insult and name call with your blinders and tin foil hat firmly in place, it is amusing occasionally in the same way a bad clown act is.