justlookinla
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I mean don't just use source you agree with! Get out there, search around, see what turns up. If you read something on talkorigins or whatever you disagree with - think why. Come up with a well-argued response and discuss it with those you disagree with. Don't just stick with sites you already agree with. I read creationist stuff to see what their arguments are but I also read the scientific literature to find out their arguments and evidence too. If you want to debate evolution/creationism, you have to understand both sides.
I've been at this quite a while now. Why would you think I've not read widely in regard to the various views of evolution?
So, you mean common descent?
No, I mean what mechanism produced humanity from an alleged single life form.
So, you mean common descent?
No, I mean what mechanism produced humanity from an alleged single life form.
Animals and plants are eukaryotes (which is basically everything that is not archaea or bacteria). They are all descended from eukaryotes which split into animals, plants and fungi about 1.5 billion years ago (the paper I've linked below gives the figure of 1.576 plus or minus 88 million). By examining the DNA you can work out the relationships between different species and kingdoms. There is some suggestion that the split of animals and fungi came a bit later which explains why at the cellular level fungi has much more in common with animals than plants.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1689654/pdf/10097391.pdf
See, this is the typical response which has nothing to do with my request.
The request isn't about common descent, it's about HOW humanity was produced from an alleged single life form.
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