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Another point that disproves evolution...?

I heard that these things called genetic motions or something are what change animals into another one after sex. But, and here is the problem - they take millions of years to happen, so how evolution have had enough time for these motions to take place ?

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  • 7 years ago
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    The term is "mutations" not motions, and they occur frequently.

    Each human has some DNA that is genetically different from the general population. Although most variations are internal and are not observed accept by specialists, you may know someone that has slightly misaligned toes, an ear shape that seems unusual or some other feature that is noticeably not in the general public. You may also notice when these traits are in several members of the same family. This is evolution in progress.

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  • 7 years ago

    Disproves evolution ?

    In what way exactly ?

    Minute genetic mutations and variations in DNA are occurring inside cells all the time.

    Nearly all of these mutations lead nowhere, but every now and then, a mutation is a significant improvement on the original, and this will be passed on to future generations.

    THIS is evolution in action.

    It's driving force is survival, and the greatest catalyst which forces changes and mutations to occur, is the long standing war, of living cells against viruses and bacteria.

    Without this eternal war-like struggle, life would never have developed, especially intelligent life forms like ours.

    It is perhaps a very strange to consider, but we must thank bacteria and viruses that human beings ever developed at all.

    Indeed every life form owes their existence to these !

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    It shows exactly how life works, AND why !

  • 7 years ago

    The Earth is 4.6 BILLION years old, and life has been on it for just about four BILLION of those years.

    Hint: A BILLION is MORE than a million.

    Let me try to make crystal clear what is established beyond reasonable doubt, and what needs further study, about evolution. Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can be doubted only by those who are ignorant of the evidence or are resistant to evidence, owing to emotional blocks or to plain bigotry. By contrast, the mechanisms that bring evolution about certainly need study and clarification. There are no alternatives to evolution as history that can withstand critical examination. Yet we are constantly learning new and important facts about evolutionary mechanisms.

    - Theodosius Dobzhansky "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution", American Biology Teacher vol. 35 (March 1973) reprinted in Evolution versus Creationism, J. Peter Zetterberg ed., ORYX Press, Phoenix AZ 1983

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Learn what a concept actually is. Then try to argue it.

    Also the Earth has been around for four and a half billion years. That's a lot of millions for evolution to happen in.

  • 7 years ago

    No, that's another point which merely proves your staggering ignorance of science, and of the reality that science describes. Just because you don't understand some incredibly basic facts about the world we live in doesn't mean that everyone is as ignorant as you are. Try getting some education instead of just thinking your ignorance has value.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    "I heard that these things called genetic motions or something"

    Those few words shows the World how well qualified you are

    to comment on Evolution or something.

  • 7 years ago

    Guess what! There are 1000 million in a billion. The earth has been around for billions of years. Maybe, just maybe, evolution was occurring throughout that time. Ya think.

  • 7 years ago

    Life has been on this planet for about 3.5billion years. That is long enough for evolution to take place. There are two parts to evolution - random mutation and natural selection. It is natural selection that is the guiding force behind evolution.

  • 7 years ago

    The sad thing is there are probably creationists reading this question and thinking "Ha, yet another reason why evolution is a lie".

  • 7 years ago

    first of all you mean genetic mutations. As said in another reply the earth is 4.5 billion years old. The universe is 14.7 billion years old. Believing in God is one thing. Not believing in science is a totally different matter.

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