Why do people always forget the word 'theory' in the theory of evolution? [Spirituality & Religion]
Its just a theory. I'll pass no commentary on its validity, just pointing that out.
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TheWildEcho · 56-60, M
@TheWildEcho There is no missing link. Unless you want a transitional species between each subspecies. Lol
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@TheWildEcho [quote]where is the missing link?[/quote]
The term 'missing link' (i assume that's what you're referring to) is a pre-Darwinian term first used by the geologist Charles Lyall. It's based on the creationist notion of a 'great chain of being'... with single-celled life at the bottom and some sort of magical entity at the top, with humans right next to it (creationists seem to be hung-up on hierarchies).
This is what is behind those silly pictures creationists draw of several creatures in a line slowly morphing from something lemur-like to a modern human. It is a static, non-evolutionary concept, and is irrelevant in any discussion of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, which consistently and coherently accounts for the evidence that all primates (apes, bonobos, humans, and chimpanzees) are descended from a common ancestor which lived from 70 million years ago until around 40 million years ago.
(I would be happy to discuss all that with you, should you so wish)
The term 'missing link' (i assume that's what you're referring to) is a pre-Darwinian term first used by the geologist Charles Lyall. It's based on the creationist notion of a 'great chain of being'... with single-celled life at the bottom and some sort of magical entity at the top, with humans right next to it (creationists seem to be hung-up on hierarchies).
This is what is behind those silly pictures creationists draw of several creatures in a line slowly morphing from something lemur-like to a modern human. It is a static, non-evolutionary concept, and is irrelevant in any discussion of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, which consistently and coherently accounts for the evidence that all primates (apes, bonobos, humans, and chimpanzees) are descended from a common ancestor which lived from 70 million years ago until around 40 million years ago.
(I would be happy to discuss all that with you, should you so wish)