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both, it was the same time which is why it makes no sense, they lost their fur in the mid ice age which is about when they reached that far into Europe

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Of course it makes sense--they began wearing furs to stay warm, so why on earth would they need hair?

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This thin layer of hair was fur tens of thousands of years ago.

Yes.

The first humans with under-develloped fur, if you will, came from africa, were even under the glaciation temperatures were still relatively hot. Has they migrated, their fur did not reappear. They started to wear fur instead. It took these people less time to think about furs than to evolve, wich is a prossess done in many generations.

To give an example, human evolution will probably end because of medical science.

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Thats practicly my theroy also, i dont think there would still be monkeys...Just me though.

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This is a common question asked by people who know nothing or very little about evolutionary biology (or biology itself).

The answers is:

Evolution has no goal. Has no top, has no bottom, no upperclass, no lower or middle class; evolution is the process of change that life forms go through as a species struggles to survive, as a species, by adapting to the environment around it.

Humans are not "more developed" or higher than other life; we are a young species and have huge brains, that's all.

And yes, species can branch off and form new species; a small group becomes separated from the main group and has to adapt to changing circumstances, different from that of the main group; when it changes enough, it becomes a different subspecies. The more time and changes that go by, it can be defined as a new species.

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Here is the end-all-and-be-all of why evolution is the dominant scientific theory for explaining things like the fossil record, biodiversity, microevolution, et cetera: because it works. Evolution is the only scientific theory that works in this case. We have a relatively large amount of proof to prove it, too.

Why microevolution IS macroevolution: microbes breed much faster. We're talking about a new generation every two hours, folks. Calling a prehistoric human generation 15 years, that makes our 3 million years of evolution from austropith-whatevers to modern humans equivalent to 45 years in microbe terms. Calling it 20 years gives you a figure of 34 years. So let's settle on 40. 40 years ago equals 1965. So, the timetable that has given us humanity from ape-like ancestors has been compressed into a middle-aged person's life. Think about what could have happened in that time. Microbes are also notably more receptive to mutagens, so our pollution may have in fact accelerated natural evolution.

I ramble. My point is, that is microevolution. It is also macroevolution. We have new species or microbes that have popped up in the last half-century, and you know what? We should not be surprised. These new species will die or live, depending on their compatibility with the world. Those that live will mutate like their forbears due to simple probability, and create new species. Over time theis process will keep rolling until the world ends. That is macroevolution.

About the whole "747 in a junkyard" myth: that is only true if the end goal is to randomly create a human. However, evolutionary theory does not treat humans as an end, but as a beginning. Humans can only be an end if they make themselves so. Evolution does not care about humans, or anything else. A species of semi-intelligent octopi that has lots of predators and few ways to defend itself, or a organless bacterium that survives in lukewarm water quite easily and is toxic to its predators. Who wins? The bacterium.

One argument I have seen in the past is the invocation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. I am going to prempt this argument by arguing that entropy is necessary for the evolutionary process to take place. Without a tendency for instability the biological systems would remain stagnant. This disorder creates evolution in creatures just as stress creates innovation in society. The hottest fire forges the strongest steel.

Right, that's my $4.82.

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And it was worth every penny :D

Seriously though, excellent post--I was awaiting further arguments before bringing out the big guns, but you've pre-empted them.

Yes, Second Law of Thermodynamics--in addition--applies to closed systems. Biological systems are far from closed.

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Thank you, Nord. That was what I was thinking no more than two weeks ago, and here is my chance to say something.

All Darwin and Co. did was take the evidence before them and extrapolate a theory from it, which was based on the evidence. If you don't like it because it contradicts your belief system, you can simply call it BS and go on your merry way, but it is still treated as fact (not truth, fact) because it is the scientific theory that best explains some facet of our world. If you can think of a better theory, go ahead. Galileo did so, as did Newton, and Einstein. Perhaps the future will prove them wrong, but for now, with what we have seen, they are correct. Darwin holds the same honor.

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Yeah, me too. And I was getting sick of random ignorant comments here and there, which I couldn't get into because it wasn't the proper subject.

Hopefully, a few people here can learn a little bit (or a bit more) about evolution and not continue reiterating silly old misconceptions.

And myself, I haven't even really thought about the whole micro vs macro evolution deal.

Edit: Yes, that leads to another misconception, that evolution is a sort of belief--that evolutionists will defend it to the death.

Not at all. If a better theory comes along, I'm all ears.

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i just cant believe that some god would just create the whole world with a snap of the fingers , so untill there is a better theory or the evolution theory gets trashed i will stick with it thats all.

oh and i dont believe in big bang either . I think that the universe has just been there and will be for ever. we tend to think about everything in terms of gensis and destruction because we are bound by them