Evolution in Action

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Posted by michael on Thursday February 20, 2003 @04:03AM from the roundup-will-take-care-of-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new species of plant came into existence about 30 years ago. It is a fertile hybrid which cannot breed with either of its parent species."

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30 years by BornInASmallTown · 2003-02-20 04:42 · Score: 3, Funny

about 30 years ago

I know Slashdot is usually the last one to post news headlines, but this is getting ridiculous.
False. by 4of12 · 2003-02-20 05:13 · Score: 4, Funny

It is a fertile hybrid which cannot breed with either of its parent species.

This is not all that impressive.

I know a whole bunch of people that are in exactly that same category.

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Re:Non-Biased reporting by nathanh · 2003-02-20 06:40 · Score: 3, Funny

I believe that God created the universe that we live in. My current (nonscientific) theory on how he did this is through evolution and a "fast foward time", up until about 8,000 years ago when he made a man from scratch that just happened to be genetically compatbile with the super-apes that were walking around. Of course, God having created everything else 8,500 years ago is also a possibility, but unlikely given the extra effort needed.

How the heck could you know how much effort is involved? Is there a book "How To Create Worlds For Dummies" that I failed to notice last time I was at the bookstore?
Re:Non-Biased reporting by LMCBoy · 2003-02-20 06:47 · Score: 3, Funny

Thank you for illustrating the point. :p

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