(August 15, 2014 at 4:18 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote:(August 15, 2014 at 3:35 pm)Undeceived Wrote: But in evolution, there was clearly a first human. Just as there was a first human in the Bible. How do they contradict according to genetics ? (not using dating)
Sorry, but that is absolutely incorrect. Evolution is a micro, micro accumulation of changes over a very long period of time. It's the same concept as moving a pile of sand from one place to the other. At what point does the new accumulation become a new "pile"?
At no point can you stop the clock and say, "there! that thingy is a human".
Doesn't work like that.
That's a very good analysis. But there is a point at which a new species originates - that was the point of Darwin's essay, after all. When the genetic drift is far enough, and the animals can no longer interbreed, I suppose we can say that a new species has arisen. It may not be a precise point, but precise enough.
The whole point is that species originate because of those grains of sand.