How do you know God isn't dead?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

That's because no species (or race if we're talking about humans) is 'more evolved' than another species/race.

Would you say that homo sapiens are 'more evolved' than fish? Of course not (try living underwater without equipment). Evolution is about adaption to the environment, not about being more evolved than another species that may or may not exist in a varying habitat.

I realize what you’re saying but I think it’s in error. Many people groups would have kept progressing as others were frozen in time so to speak. According to Darwinian Theory Aboriginals should be a snap shot of what other people groups in Asia and Europe looked like thousands of years ago because the Aboriginals are essentially still living in the Stone Age. Yet, genetically and mentally there’s no significant difference between Aboriginals and say Europeans; so even though the two groups have experienced thousands of years of genetic isolation and completely different selective pressures apparently no actual Evolution has taken place. Thoughts?

It's an interesting example, and admittedly, I'm not an evolutionary biologist. But I would also say there are physical changes, certainly, that can be identified that show subtle differences in different races around the planet. Indo-Chinese folk tend to be shorter than Africans or Europeans for example. I can't cite what environmental factors have led to this change, but this is an interesting article that highlights the genetic links between different races of homo sapien that exist both historically and today: http://dnatribes.com/sample-results/dnat...nities.pdf

I can't comment on the aborigines but I can cite examples of other tribes that have, for the lack of a better description, have become isolated and adapted to their environment better. This was a TV programme on the BBC a while back that looked at various human tribes living around the world in various environments:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00llpvp not sure if you'll be able to watch it but I seriously recommend it if you ever come across it, its pretty amazing if just for the camera work. One part stands out in my memory:





For one episode they followed a Polynesian/ Philippino tribe called the Bajau. They exist almost exclusively on the sea, and have done so for several generations, living in small shacks or stilted huts that are built on archipelagos around Indo-china and further out.

Many of their hunters can dive down to 20 meters, without equipment, for several minutes at a time. Their hunters have adapted over several generations to effectively create their own negative buoyancy, to regulate their own heart beat and slow it down manually almost at a whim. Now of course it is technically feasible for anyone anywhere to do this, but its an example of where the environment these folk live in has created a necessity to adapt if they want to continue to exist in that environment, and I think you'll agree, they've adapted quite well it seems.

That documentary has several example of where tribes have adapted to their environment and the living conditions they face extremely well, to the point where people living in other environments in the world could not survive without the aid of technology. Another obvious example not on the BBC documentary is people living at high altitude, such as the Sherpas, who have adapted perfectly to be able to live in low oxygen atmospheres.

I do also stand by my point that one species/people cannot be more evolved than another. It is entirely about adaption and survival.