facts of evolution

[worm]

You were simply totally incorrect, because YOU value philosophy more than YOU value education.

[Ed209]

Hmm I wish I was in on that thread, there is a lot of things I disagree on that have been said

Recently I have done some reading on evolution of life on earth which would disprove some of the points that were presented

[worm]

such as?

[sifi]

There looks to be an interesting episode of Horizon at 9 on BBC 2 tonight discussing whether humans have actually stopped evolving. It's fronted by that same lady who did the incredible human journey a few years back, which was one of the most fascinating shows I've seen on the box on a while.

[The Nal]

R.I.P. Lonesome George. Aged 100.

[Purple Monkey]

There looks to be an interesting episode of Horizon at 9 on BBC 2 tonight discussing whether humans have actually stopped evolving.

[Ed209]

R.I.P. Lonesome George. Aged 100.

[The Nal]

His subspecies is now extinct. What's also sad is that even though he was a 100 years old, they can live to 200, so he was in the prime of his life. He still had so much more to see and do. Tragic

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

His subspecies is now extinct. What's also sad is that even though he was a 100 years old, they can live to 200, so he was in the prime of his life. He still had so much more to see and do. Tragic

[Katster]

poor george.

[worm]

His subspecies is now extinct. What's also sad is that even though he was a 100 years old, they can live to 200, so he was in the prime of his life. He still had so much more to see and do. Tragic

Edited June 27, 2012 by worm

[kaosmark2]

Do tortoises have a prime of their life?

I think you're perhaps guilty of anthropomorphism here. Man, I love an excuse to use that word.

[worm]

Prime of life isn't necessarily a human-centric idea. It just refers to the period of peak balance between physical fitness and experience........

[TalkShow Bob]

......according to the human cycle of life.

I don't believe that all animals conform to our cycle. For instance, beetles and flies last only days in that form. For months they're larvea in a pretty constrained state of being. But then, 'constrained' would depend on the animal's ability to experience a sense of freedom and I'm unsure insects have the sentience.

I could go on, but I won't. I'm sure you get the point.

[worm]

I often see giant tortoise larva in the ponds near my house.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

My garden's overrun with pink iguana's (little bastards are everywhere, shitting and mating and that). Unfortunately I haven't got a pond or a volcano though. Now I feel short changed and, ever so slightly, deficient.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

if you 'look' close enough, there are whole galaxies bouncing around the patio