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Post by Tyrannus et Callida on May 10, 2005 18:14:03 GMT -5
First, that's carbon dioxide, not monoxide. Second, we breathe it in every second of our lives. Third, I'm talking about gasses that would kill us if we breathed it in, like carbon monoxide or methane(in large amounts).
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Post by Matt and Areus on May 10, 2005 18:24:39 GMT -5
Don't /all/ plants do that? They live on carbon monoxide right? I hope you mean carbon dioxide. Don't mean to be a jerk I just calls em as I sees em. (whale biologist. ) Well somebody already set you strait so just disregard this. And yeah, life on other olanets is cool to ponder, but I seriously doubt in the lifetime of humanity (at least as we are now and for the next couple thousand or so years) we will find anthing more than a moss or mold or something. Maybe at the most a fish or a lizard. I mean I beleive in intelligent life (Kolob), but I am more than positive it is a very rare oddity. At least until I see otherwise. Oh and about the evolving thing. I am rather annoyed that they parade it around like it was a proven fact. Scientists have nothing more than theorys on the concept. Sure I treat religion as a fact but at least I don't teach it at schools or anything. I mean have you noticed, or my memory is failing me at the age of fifteen, that they stopped saying that "scientists beleive" when they talk about it. I don't know, I can't speak for everyone or it may have just been my teachers, but that's how I see it. Man I hate it when I ramble . Oh, and by scientists only have theorys I meant that they (again I say as far as I know...) Cough* hypocrite cough*THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE! I mean... They have no evidence of the evolving man. Do they have one bone or anything to show for all their theorizing. If evolution is as they say it is then why are there any monkeys? wouldn't all monkeys have evolved with us, or wouldn't we still have dexterous tails? If we evolve by natural selection then why are humans so special? Shouldn't a chimp start talking and doing algebra right about now if they say it took this long for humans to get here. Well that was your evening rant brought to you by Lockedge, and good night. Oh and what's the deal with carbon dating? If our most sophisticated way of telling how old something is can be thwarted ba single match or a stain of urine then shouldn't we find something better?
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Post by Tyrannus et Callida on May 10, 2005 18:36:44 GMT -5
Scientists never said we evolved from monkeys. They said that the closest organism to humans is the chimpanzee. Even the DNA is similar.
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Post by KK on May 10, 2005 20:02:00 GMT -5
Scientists never said we evolved from monkeys. They said that the closest organism to humans is the chimpanzee. Even the DNA is similar. Actually, I was on a trip to the zoo with my class a week or so ago, and the people there said that there's another type of primate that's closer to us than the chimpanzee. I think it was the bonobo.
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Post by |3200k1 on May 10, 2005 20:23:11 GMT -5
Actually, I was on a trip to the zoo with my class a week or so ago, and the people there said that there's another type of primate that's closer to us than the chimpanzee. I think it was the bonobo. Yep.That sounds right. I know what you're talking about.
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Post by Joshua on May 11, 2005 2:25:02 GMT -5
Well, as TU said, chimpanzee DNA is very similar to that of humans. We share 98.5% of their DNA. Really, the only differences are in anatomy(minor differences on a great scale) and behaviour. wouldn't all monkeys have evolved with us, or wouldn't we still have dexterous tails? If we evolve by natural selection then why are humans so special? Shouldn't a chimp start talking and doing algebra right about now if they say it took this long for humans to get here. Well that was your evening rant brought to you by Lockedge, and good night. Well, I don't think anyone said evolution is like that. Selection creates a great diversity of animals, but that doesn't mean the older species instantly die out. Anyway, I'm rambling. The point is, evolution has a great deal of evidence to support it. Computer models, fossils of possible "missing links" etc. Well, I've had my say.
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Post by Matt and Areus on May 11, 2005 8:01:05 GMT -5
Ya alot of the stuff I posted was bias crap. I just want to see some bones or something before I delve into Darwnism (wonders if it's spellt right or even the right word.) Wei were just watching a show about it that got my blood boiling. The disovery channel acted as if because no one disproved it and it made sense that it was true. Sure that loosely follows the discription of truth that doesn't make it so. Just because a penguin very similar to a fish in that it swims and stuff... it doesn't make it one. Well I'm ranting again so I'll stop now while I'm ahead. WOW! That was a crappy analogy... (It may or may not be necessary but,)Sorry .
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Post by Matt and Areus on May 11, 2005 15:33:01 GMT -5
yes, and the interesting thing about bonobos is that they are one of the few creatures on the planet other than humans and dolphins to have recreational sex. apparently they do it all the time, its like a greeting with them... you know this how?another discussion on Darwinism gone wrong. Ya uh... I didn't need to know that...
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Post by |3200k1 on May 11, 2005 15:37:54 GMT -5
yes, and the interesting thing about bonobos is that they are one of the few creatures on the planet other than humans and dolphins to have recreational sex. apparently they do it all the time, its like a greeting with them... you know this how?another discussion on Darwinism gone wrong. Hahahahahahahah. I am SO into this!!! lmao..thats somethign I'll never forget....sex as a greeting,I mean. XD
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Post by Annie on May 11, 2005 18:23:00 GMT -5
I thought chimps did that too....Or I could've been misunderstanding what the documentary was saying....I was mostly just trying to tear my eyes out after watching chimps doing...things...*shudders at the memory* Of course, I was like 11. But the memory of being freaked out is still there. I wouldn't think much of it now. They're chimps...they do that....o.o
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Post by Matt and Areus on May 11, 2005 23:44:50 GMT -5
Well when I was a kid I saw a documentery in which a monkey was eating his own poo! It was as thick as my forearm and as green as when it was eaten.
(Starts to think of changing the color of the text.)
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