RE: Literal and Not Literal
September 10, 2019 at 8:46 am
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2019 at 8:54 am by John 6IX Breezy.)
(September 10, 2019 at 8:06 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: I’m not sure that there actually is such a thing as two equal explanations to begin with.
Since verification is rarely expected, evolution always produces multiple narratives and explanations for everything. I don't know the specific explanations proposed for the emergence of sacrifice, the way Acrobat wanted, but take the evolution of felines. Warren and O'Brien (1977) reconstructed a phylogeny in which lions and tigers are each others closes relative; Mattern and her colleagues (2000) constructed one in which jaguars and tigers are closest; and Warren and colleagues (2006) have one in which jaguars and lions are closest.
They all have their own reasons for their placements, but since phylogenies are nothing more than hypothesis, no one can say for sure what the true evolutionary history is.
References:
Warren, J., O’Brien, Stephen. (1977). Phylogenetic reconstruction of the Felidae using 16S rRNA and NADH-5 mitochondrial genes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 44: S98–S116.
Mattern, M. Y., and McLennan, D. A. (2000). Phylogeny and speciation of felids. Cladistics 16: 232–253.
Warren, J., Eizirik, E., et al. (2006). The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment. Science 311: 73–77.
