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   The Doctor to All   
   Re: [OT News] Laser Could Rip a Hole in    
   18 Dec 12 14:14:04   
   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)   
      
   In article <2ca3f994-89e7-4d42-94c0-64826e3e15b7@17g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,   
   solar penguin   wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >The Doctor wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >> solar penguin   wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> >The Doctor wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> In article <636160ae-b2a2-4510-952e-78e9e72f9f55@c16g2000y   
   i.googlegroups.com>,   
   >> >> solar penguin   wrote:   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> >The Doctor wrote:   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> >> In article <289sc8h1emhicfj9sor756d6fes8uji3v3@4ax.com>,   
   >> >> >> John Fleming   wrote:   
   >> >> >> >[Default] On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:45:58 -0800 (PST), while chained to   
   a   
   >> >> >> >desk in the scriptorium solar penguin    
   wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> $The Doctor wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> $> In article ,   
   >> >> >> >> $> solar penguin   wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> $> >The Doctor wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> In article <1896285434377311926.708428bclark-e   
   .co.nz@free.teranews.com>,   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> Brian   wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >The Doctor  wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >> In article ,   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >> John Fleming   wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> [Default] On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 17:54:05 -0000, while   
   chained to a desk   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> in the scriptorium "Stephen Wilson"   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>  wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $"Brian"  wrote in message   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $news:1193592277376480872.596831bclark-es   
   co.nz@free.teranews.com...   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>> They say that Man evolved from Apes but I don't   
   see any half and and   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>> half   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>> man in the world.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> There were some, but it was millions of years ago.   
   If you want to see   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> some   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> now, just watch WWE* "wrestling".   ;-)   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> * Or whatever they've yet again changed it to.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $> But if all the apes changed into men then there   
   would be no apes in the   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $> world.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $You still haven't really grasped the concept.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $Apes didn't change into men. Apes and men are more   
   like cousins. We share a   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $common ancestor.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> For our closest cousins, the chimpanzees, evidence   
   suggests the last   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> common ancestor existed about 5 million to 7 million   
   years   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> ago.Allowing about 20 years between generations, that is   
   250,000 to   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> 350,000 generations ago.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> Our common ancestor with bonobos is probably just as far   
   back, and our   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> common ancestor with gorillas is further back still.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $Even then, evolution does not propose that all members   
   of one group evolve   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $into another. If a mutation provides a good outcome,   
   that gene is propagated   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $to the next generation. So a small group carries the   
   mutation, but the rest   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $of the group does not. Evolution is an on-going   
   process of trial and error.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $Apes remain a part of it, as do we and all other life   
   on earth.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >> Primate and human might be comparable but it is doubtful   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >> that humans evolved from apes.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >I agree that we don't come from apes. Someone thinks to   
   himself as apes   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >look similar to humans then maybe we evolved from apes.   
   Apes are apes and   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >humans are humans just as fish and birds are different.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> --   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> >   
   >> >> >> >> $> >>   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> The most absurd argument for evolution:  birds are now the   
   remnant of   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> dinosaurs.   
   >> >> >> >> $> >> --   
   >> >> >> >> $> >   
   >> >> >> >> $> >Why is that absurd?  Give just one good reason why birds   
   couldn't be   
   >> >> >> >> $> >the descendants of dinosaurs.  (Hint: your explanation should   
   take   
   >> >> >> >> $> >Archaeopteryx into account.)   
   >> >> >> >> $> >   
   >> >> >> >> $>   
   >> >> >> >> $> crows descended from dinosaurs?  Robins? Magpies?   
   >> >> >> >> $> --   
   >> >> >> >> $   
   >> >> >> >> $Yes, that's right.   
   >> >> >> >> $   
   >> >> >> >> $Have you got _any_ evidence that they didn't?   
   >> >> >> >   
   >> >> >> >Of course he doesn't.   
   >> >> >> >   
   >> >> >> >The closest he probably gets was a trip to the Royal Alberta Museum,   
   >> >> >> >where they have a T. Rex and a Stegasaurus on display.   
   >> >> >> >   
   >> >> >> >Of course, those are at the larger end of the dinosaur spectrum of   
   >> >> >> >sizes, and it doesn't cross his mind there are some really small   
   >> >> >> >dinosaurs as well.   
   >> >> >> >   
   >> >> >> >Oh, and while he is trying to explain Archaeopteryx, he'll also have   
   >> >> >> >to explain the quill knobs on a velociraptor skeleton found in   
   >> >> >> >Mongolia.   
   >> >> >> >--   
   >> >> >> >   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> How about a Pterodatyl turning into a bird?   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> A T.Rex into a bird?  LOL!!   
   >> >> >> --   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> >No, of course not a T. Rex into a bird.  That would be silly.  The T.   
   >> >> >Rex didn't evolve until near the end of the dinosaurs' era, after the   
   >> >> >first birds had _already_ evolved.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> >Maybe you really _do_ think time goes backwards...?   
   >> >> >   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Forwards and the statement of dinosaurs evolving into birds   
   >> >> is high absurdity that Red Dwarf does a good job of it!   
   >> >> --   
   >> >   
   >> >A goose job?  Yes, geese evolved from dinosaurs, just like all birds.   
   >> >   
   >> >I'm not sure what the rest of your sentence is supposed to mean.   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> Fixed my mistake sp.   
   >> --   
   >   
   >I'm still not sure what that's supposed to mean.  Are you saying that   
   >just because something is mentioned in a sitcom, it can't really   
   >exist?  I guess Dad's Army means there was no World War 2 then!   
   >   
      
   The other way around:  There was a WWII but Dad' Army   
   is historical comedy fiction.   
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