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RE: Need help with evolution
April 27, 2015 at 5:17 am
Oh, oh... here's what happens when you change the wavelength of visible light, ever so slightly from violet to red... tell me, where does violet stop and red begin?


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RE: Need help with evolution
April 27, 2015 at 5:56 am (This post was last modified: April 27, 2015 at 5:57 am by robvalue.)
It gets to 450 then hits a "genetic lock".

Yeah, that's a good example Smile
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RE: Need help with evolution
April 27, 2015 at 6:24 am
(April 27, 2015 at 2:09 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: THERE IS NO MACRO EVOLUTION.

Take a picture of a face, and start drawing minute changes on it. Continue doing this for an hour or so, and then try to match it to the original face, it will look almost entirely different. Small changes build up over time, and that's evolution. Aron Ra has a great series on this on youtube, take a look.
Not quite accurate...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltation_%28biology%29
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RE: Need help with evolution
April 27, 2015 at 7:03 am
(April 26, 2015 at 10:14 pm)nicanica123 Wrote: Hello, I am trying to understand evolution better. I have been raised my whole life as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. We believe the earth is billions of years old. We believe that animals do evolve, but we do not believe in evolution in a macro way. Please help me in my quest to understand scientific consensus more soundly. I need links, articles, facts, or whatever that can help me to understand evolution better. And why I can trust the facts. Thanks

Hi nicanica,

I can't recommend the AronRa series of vids enough. They're matter of fact and address the question of evolution from the perspective of rebutting creationist claims. Check out the playlist on YouTube.
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RE: Need help with evolution
April 27, 2015 at 7:23 am
(April 27, 2015 at 6:24 am)Nestor Wrote:


Not quite accurate...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltation_%28biology%29

Yeh but that isn't exactly what people mean by "macro" evolution.
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RE: Need help with evolution
April 27, 2015 at 7:34 am
(April 26, 2015 at 10:20 pm)Exian Wrote: That question is so common, Jerry decided to do something about it. Find this book. It's pretty awesome.
[Image: why-evolution-coyne.jpg]

Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish is another good book on the subject. 
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RE: Need help with evolution
May 13, 2015 at 3:13 am
A lot of the NOVA stuff on youtube is good too.
Also watch how the tree of life is composed based on genetic records ...
fascinating stuff...
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RE: Need help with evolution
May 13, 2015 at 6:08 am
(April 27, 2015 at 7:34 am)popeyespappy Wrote:
(April 26, 2015 at 10:20 pm)Exian Wrote: That question is so common, Jerry decided to do something about it. Find this book. It's pretty awesome.
[Image: why-evolution-coyne.jpg]

Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish is another good book on the subject. 

Indeed, it is! And it comes with a companion PBS mini-series that you can find on Netflix.
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RE: Need help with evolution
May 13, 2015 at 6:18 am (This post was last modified: May 13, 2015 at 6:18 am by Alex K.)
Gotta love Tiktaalik (unless you're an evilution-hatin' creationist, in which case, bad Tiktaalik, bad Tiktaalik!)
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RE: Need help with evolution
May 13, 2015 at 10:44 am (This post was last modified: May 13, 2015 at 10:45 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 26, 2015 at 10:14 pm)nicanica123 Wrote: Hello, I am trying to understand evolution better. I have been raised my whole life as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. We believe the earth is billions of years old. We believe that animals do evolve, but we do not believe in evolution in a macro way. Please help me in my quest to understand scientific consensus more soundly. I need links, articles, facts, or whatever that can help me to understand evolution better. And why I can trust the facts. Thanks

Do JW believe that human beings evolve in a "micro" way, or is it just "animals" that evolve...and only in a "micro" way....?  
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