RE: Neil Shubin: Great Transitions in Evolution
May 2, 2009 at 10:34 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2009 at 12:31 pm by g-mark.)
I was expecting something outstanding. I sat down with my pen and paper ready to write. This information is just an addition to the current understanding. It is nothing new, it is just a re-affirmation.
Our brains have many different parts associated with the evolution of the species from other animals. For instance, there is now evidence that these hippocampal-like (hippocampus) structures in mammals are also involved in spatial cognition in birds, reptiles, and fish. As we have ourselves evolved through many different animals, it only makes sense that the physical links are in the fossils somewhere.
As we are all the same and have evolved from the same thing, I fail to see how the money spent on these projects can be justified. Even if they find every species that ever was, there are always going to be those who disagree.
I was expecting much more.
Our brains have many different parts associated with the evolution of the species from other animals. For instance, there is now evidence that these hippocampal-like (hippocampus) structures in mammals are also involved in spatial cognition in birds, reptiles, and fish. As we have ourselves evolved through many different animals, it only makes sense that the physical links are in the fossils somewhere.
As we are all the same and have evolved from the same thing, I fail to see how the money spent on these projects can be justified. Even if they find every species that ever was, there are always going to be those who disagree.
I was expecting much more.
