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Topic started on 19-5-2009 @ 10:33 AM by emsed1

Scientists Unveil Missing Link In Evolution


news.sky.com
The search for a direct connection between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom has taken 200 years - but it was presented to the world today at a special news conference in New York.

The discovery of the 95%-complete 'lemur monkey' - dubbed Ida - is described by experts as the "eighth wonder of the world".

They say its impact on the world of palaeontology will be "somewhat like an asteroid falling down to Earth".

Researchers say proof of this transitional species finally confirms Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and the then radical, outlandish ideas he came up with
(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 19-5-2009 @ 10:54 AM by platosallegory
It's not a missing link.

Of course those who support Darwin will try to claim that it's a missing link but it's not.

It's not a species in transition, it's a well defined species. Darwin was right that we evolve but this is a product of design not of transition through intermediate steps.

We evolve because of the design that's inherent in whats called Junk DNA. The design reacts to our enviroment and it has nothing to do with Darwin's version of evolution.

Microbiologist James A. Shapiro of the University of Chicago has done extensive research on this very question and has published a number of papers confirming that yes, there is an adaptation mechanism in DNA that is marvelously sophisticated. Mr. Shapiro has discovered that a protozoa, subjected to extreme environmental stress, can splice its own DNA into over 100,000 pieces (!), re-arrange them in a highly systematic fashion, producing new protozoa that inherit a new set of characteristics.

www.randommutation.com...

This shows you don't need mutations in order for a species to gain new characteristics. This can occur on a molecular level when DNA responds to the enviroment.

Darwin said:

"As by this theory, innumerable transitional forms must have existed. Why do we not find them embedded in the crust of the earth? Why is not all nature in confusion instead of being, as we see them, well defined species?" — Charles Darwin

The reason all of nature is not in confusion is because evolution is a product of design. Well defined species appear in the fossil record, not intermediary nonsense.

Darwin's successive steps don't occur. There not small steps but huge leaps because it's inherent in the design.


reply posted on 19-5-2009 @ 11:09 AM by emsed1
reply to post by octotom


That's what I haven't been able to figure out. I always thought the "missing link" was between species like chimpanzees and man.

I might have misunderstood all these years, but I don't understand yet what the scientists are claiming.



reply posted on 19-5-2009 @ 11:11 AM by emsed1
I just found the link (no pun intended) to the scientists' site:

Link

This has probably been posted before, but in the context of this thread I think it might help.


reply posted on 19-5-2009 @ 11:14 AM by eniac
reply to post by emsed1


i'm the LAST person to stick up for creationists, but I have to laugh when I hear someone claiming to have 'proved' the theory of evolution. This will prove nothing, even if it might add more credence to the evolution argument. Darwinists are full of as much bs as creationists. OK maybe not quite AS much bs, but damn near.


reply posted on 19-5-2009 @ 11:35 AM by on_yur_6
reply to post by whatukno


HMMM though a bit more attractive than your average missing link, be careful..... I've heard that she bites the head off of her mate.
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