A Good Question for Professor Richard Dawkins

HI! Ok, so I've had some requests to post the question asked by the audience member. The question was essentially, (I'm paraphrasing) "Given the strength of the theory of evolution, if we were to find a human skeleton in the same strata of the earth as we might find a dinosaur's bones, would this not be evidence for the possibility of time-travel, rather than a point against evolution?"

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[samuelmorrison]

I can't hear the question. Is this in Toronto?

[bdk1234567]

Sorry about the sound quality, the poor old gent was a bit infirm but had a great statement/question. The question was essentially, (I'm paraphrasing) "Given the strength of the theory of evolution, if we were to find a human skeleton in the same strata of the earth as we might find a dinosaur's bones, would this not be evidence for the possibility of time-travel, rather than a point against evolution?"

[samrobson123]

Fantastic question, clicked on this link ready to see some creationist mumbo jumbo, and oh what a pleasant suprise.

[c6gunner]

@Sylvine

Absolutely - such a finding would be a good reason to re-examine the theory of evolution, IF we first ruled out all sorts of other factors, and even then, the theory would still hold; we would simply end up with an anomaly which needed to be explained.

[PrimericanIdol]

That's awesome. I asked him once about Ray Kurzweil and his view on the future of human evolution taking a technological twist.

He said it was interesting science fiction.

[sorry8140]

the person asking the question sounds just like kermit the frog

[Sylvine]

It's an interesting question when stripped of its initial entertainment value. The essence of the question is: Would a singular finding that appears to contradict the theory of evolution be significant enough against the mountains of evidence for it to actually shake it?

Given how solid it is, I'm inclined to think that it wouldn't. But it sure would be great fodder for creationists! =)

~Sylv

[Ripley747]

@wspol624 He basically said, "That's a good point. I hadn't thought of that but that would certainly be something to consider but it hasn't happened and it's not going to happen."

[skdjhfkdhfa]

Hahaha, brilliant.