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Well there was never a fossil found of that particular evolution. Meaning if giraffes came from alligators or whatever it is, there was never a fossil found of half giraffe and half alligator.
Yeah, but why 10? I'm just trying to figure out your reasoning.
Yes, it did. It had numerous similarities that show progression - the obvious ones, like the skull and the feet, as well as the tail and the inner ear region.
You could have just typed 'whale' in your find bar, and it would have stared you in the face.
Regardless, sometimes it DOES happen. Occasionally, whales and dolphins are born with these limbs to varying degrees, like here.
They were already aquatic when they lost their legs. They spent a great deal of time in the water and were proficient and frequent swimmers. Losing their legs made them BETTER swimmers.
That's not all I said, now was it?
Yes, I do. I presented this evidence. That you find unsatisfactory does not negate its existence.
Not if they're in an environment where legs slow them down. Like the water.
I'm not making anything up.
Bactrian camels.
Wild Bactrian camel videos, photos and facts - Camelus ferus - ARKive
Sea Lions. Seals.
How can sea mammals drink saltwater? : Scientific American
They avoid it when possible and prefer freshwater, but they are capable of drinking it in limited amounts. Also, the presence of saltwater in the bones would still be an indication of its spending a great deal of time in the water - even if they can't drink saltwater, something that spends a lot of time swimming is going to get some in its body eventually, anyway, way more than a creature that spends its time on land. And these animals have far more salt in their blood than is normal, as the chart shows. It's not a big leap - animals that spent a lot of time in saltwater show that through the isotopes in their bones. This particular creature has a lot of said isotopes, indicating it spent a great deal of time swimming.
I don't recall saying that drinking saltwater would cause that.
Yes, there is. It all deals with biology, so by definition it's biological evidence.
I'm sure a great many things are puzzling to you.
Dog-like. The 'like' part is important. It is not, in fact, a dog. It resembles a dog in some ways. But so do hyenas and aardwolves, and they're not dogs, either.
Quibble note4d.
I never said dogs evolved into whales. No one ever said that.
Note: I'm assuming you meant 'dogs could not evolve into whales', but with you, I can't be sure.
I know that I have explained this before, but not lately, and not since discovering that you are willing to acknowledge the creation of new alleles for old genes.
You have already aknowledged that mutations (and ERVs, and other means of altering DNA) can create neww alleles for existing genes. But what do you think would happen if a mutation occurred not in the middle of a gene sequence, but at the end? Genes are segments of DNA that build specific proteins. (There is the intermediate step of messenger RNA, but that does not affect my argument.)
A gene can be divided into 3-base-pair segments called codons, each codon associated with a specific amino acid, except for six. These are three "start" codons and three "stop" codons. Every gene begins with a "start" and ends with a "stop." Without the start and stop, there is no gene. If a mutation or other gene-altering event occurs on a "start" or "stop" codon, and does not result in another "start" or "stop" codon of the appropriate type, the gene is destroyed. If there is an unpaired codon of the right type a couple of codons further along the chain, then a new gene -- not just a new allele, but a new and completely different gene -- is created. Likewise, if a mutation or other event changes a non start/stop codon into a start or stop codon, the proteins built by the gene wil start or stop there instead of continuing to the pre-existing start or stop. Again, you have destroyed the old gene and created a brand new totally different gene.
Yes. They are both Carnivora. They're also Eutherians, Therians, Synapsida, Amniota, Terrestrial Tetrapods, etc. etc.If they were the same kind, they could breed and produce offspring. Man and apes are both mammals but they are different kinds. One is homo sapian one is not. I am surf with your omniscience, I don't need to tell you which is which.
ERVs Shared broken GULOP
Chromosome 2a/2b/2
Brilliant. I am sure all the creationsist will start piling on your bus. I know brilliant answers like that always convince me.
You might want to keep up with the science if you're going to avoid making statements like this that make you look ignorant and foolish.
I will be concerened about your opinion of me when you can explain how an offspring can acquire a trait for which its parents did not have the gene for. If you can't guess who is going to look foolish. I also think you need to refresh your definition of "kind,"
Actually no. In plain old, straight forward language, it's a straw man.
In plain old, straight forward language, you have no explanation for how the moon came into being so you try to change the subject.
Thanks for conofrming what I said.
You have been corrected so repeated your incorrect assertion is now a lie. Gingerich never said, asserted, averred or suggested that whales evolved from a "dog-like animal". Please stop lying about what he's saying.
He included pakicetus in the evolution of whales. That is good enough for me.
This gibberish makes absolutely no sense.
It is nice to have someone in the fourm who never makes a mistake. Try this: That is why a dog-like animal can never be a link in the chain of whales.
What is your explanation for how the moon came to be?
The moon was created ex nihilo, which is Latin for GOD DID IT.
Which I take to mean you have no scientific justification for you specific number, it's just something you made up and are now going to stick with.
I will stick with it untill you come up with a better number. Can you do that.
Do you not consider fossils to be biological? If so, it's either a sign of your desperation or ignorance.
Did I say they were?
Would rather discuss the subject or just continue making snide remarks?
You remind me of the play ground in the third grade.
What is your explanation for how the moon came to be?
Through a process called "saying."How did God do it?
None.And what evidence led you to that conclusion?
Mutations. If you're not even familiar with Biology 101, why are you even here discussing this issue?
I have to wonder if there's a connection between Creationism and the inability to communicate effectively via the written medium. Rarely, if ever, have I seen such incoherent gibberish infused with Dunning-Kruger effect posted by evolution advocates.
Through a process called "saying."
Genesis 1:14 And God said,
None.
Mutation.
You and I and everybody has 50-150 differences in our DNA that were not present in either parent.
Recombination.
You may have a phenotypic trait which is due to a recessive gene carried by your parents which neither of them expressed.
Since matter cannot create itself out of nothing, it must have a Creator.
What is your explanation of how the moon came to be.
I don't remember acknowedging that.
It doesn't matter when it happens. It can only happen to a gene the parent were givng to their child.
You seem to be beating around the bush. If a genes is destgroyed, the trait will not be passed on.
The new gene must also have originated in one or both parents.
What evidene do you have as to what characteristic this new gene caused? Do you have a source I can check for info on this new gene?
"What can be said without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." - Christopher Hitchens
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