Evolution: Human Beings ARE Primates- Ken Miller

Ken Miller explains how it was a creationist, Linnaeus, whom classified human beings as primates.


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[Elcristoph]

Don where did you find this vid, I know its a lecture he did in Texas Uni, but Ive done a search on google and YT and cant find the whole thing..

[DonExodus2]

tinyurlDOTcom/6lor7b

[Ravenspeech7]

Where did you get this from, DonExodus2? I would love to see more of it.

[DonExodus2]

His lecture at U of Texas at Austin.

[Paxmax]

Hahaha!! I really ought to have known that Carl von Linné was a creationist!! doh!

But what a fantastic point Ken miller does...

Ken FTW! this time too...

[DonExodus2]

Its not surprising that many famous scientists did not accept evolution 300 years before it was discovered :)

[0HI0STATE18]

Idiot... A scientific Theory is not the same as the word "Theory" used in every day speech. In science, a theory is the highest form of proof outside of mathematics. Theories explain a set of facts, they are not just some "opinion".

[ngarey]

sigh... It dosn't have to be taken on faith alone, it's backed up by mountains of evidence.

[MrColuber]

@Tony07UK The theory of Evolution is a scientific theory that supports the claim that speciation does occur. Genetics proves this by showing how different species of animals are related to one another. Humans are the descendents of Hominid apes (and we still are apes). You should see Potholer54's videos. He does a much better job at explaining how speciation can occur. Check out his video on Ring Species, and you'll see how one species of animal, over time, can originate many species.

[MrColuber]

@Tony07UK Please tell me how biology does not support evolution, and how it is not observable in the real world. I know of a new species of mouse found in Madeira, and I also know of an observed instance of a herbiverous lizard evolving from an insectivorous lizard. What does the selecting - how about predation, or faster prey animals, or an environment that can't allow an animal with given characteristics to survive. As for random mutations, well, new information can be added.

[Tony07UK]

@MrColuber There is no evidence for evolution - biology doesn't support it, the fossil record discredits it, the scientific method cannot be applied to it, it is not observable in the real world, it cannot be tested or replicated in any modern laboratory .. it is a failed theory. 'Survival of the fittest' = common sense, not unique in the support of evolution. 'Natural selection' = explains nothing - what does the selecting? 'Random mutations' = never produce any additional new information.

[Tony07UK]

@MrColuber No scientific theory supports claims that one species can change into a different species - genetics proves that offspring remain the same species as the parents. Humans are descended from .. humans, always have been. We are related to all other humans irrespective of height, skin colour, nationality .. there is variety within species. Variety among cats, dogs etc. yet each species only reproduces according to its own kind. 'Evolution' explains something imagined, not facts.

[MrColuber]

@Tony07UK I was under the impression that the theory of Evolution explains quite a few facts - like way some animals are more related to each other than to others (like why animals that are mammals are more closely related to each other than to birds), and why the fossil record shows ever changing ecosystems. And from what I understand, speciation has been observed, so I don't know why people keep saying Evolution is speculation when it has more evidence for it than any other scientific theory.

[0debug]

From an outsider's (non-American's) perspective, it is sometimes funny and sometimes scary to reflect over the fact that there is still a "debate" over evolution in the USA in 2011. Or even a debate about things such as the age of the universe.

With today's knowledge in biology, genetics, evolutionary psychology (e.g. studies of morality or social behavior among other primates or other animals), geology, astrophysics etc., it is mostly scary though.

[Tony07UK]

According to the dictionary definition of 'theory' - 'evolution' can't even be classified as a theory. Every speculation is merely an opinion without a shred of scientific plausibility. The theory of gravity is testable and predictable - we can build aircraft and rockets with basic design criteria that do not change. The so-called 'theory of evolution' has never been established, it's going nowhere - it's simply propaganda.