Evolution - Why Sex? (Episode 5)(Part 3)

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[YrSoObvious]

thanks for posting this. i needed it for a class assignment and wasn't able to check it out of the library! :D

[urantivirus]

lol always happy to help

[SergeantSplat]

@ShaundalynChic:

"Mud" is predominantly mineral and not organic matter.

As for evolution being compatible with the bible:

Genesis claims we are all descendants of Adam and Eve. Further, the Great Flood story claims all land bound animals were reduced to a single male and female specimen and humans to but a handful. This is fundamentally incompatible with evolution because such decimation would have required excessive inbreeding to recover from and thus been fatal to all species involved.

[CORNP00]

1:35 " goddamnit, im noooot goood enoughh :( "

[ShahnamPersia]

1:46 loooool

"JUST BECAUSE I'M DRESSED THIS WAY, IT DOES NOT MAKE ME A WHORE!"

[PurePower025]

7:57

this guy aint no Brad Pitt, but he is a Good and Loving father.

That child is lucky to have such a father who would give his life for his child.

[yits051]

1:35 blue balls!!

[MrsNickJonas13746]

@YrSoObvious ditto! thanks sooo much!

[kittytemari1]

i like 1:23-1:31 that bird is fucking hilarious!!!! i watched it today in biology

[swiminthesoil]

I heart creationists. They say such silly things with the greatest conviction.

[ShaundalynChic]

"Very true, but we're talking mud in the context of genesis. That is, shortly after life was created and thus before anything was decomposing on that scale."

I disagree. The context of Genesis makes clear those days aren't 24 hour days but time periods. The sun and moon aren't created on the first day, how could they

be 24 hour days if they weren't? They look like eras to me, plenty of time for decomposition. And fits very well with what we know of biology.

[ShaundalynChic]

Still, you were making fun of the idea that we all could be descended from one woman, and some of the most respected scientists in the world say the same thing.

[SergeantSplat]

"Science claims we are all descended from a single female human they call Mitochondrial Eve."

I'm well aware of the Mitochondrial Eve hypothesis. But it's just that; a hypothesis. And not one I happen to support.

But even if I did, it doesn't say she (and her mate) were the only specimen alive at the time. There was still a relatively large diversity and we happen to all share her lineage because sooner or later all bloodlines crossed with hers (or perished). Again, assuming it's correct.