Top 10 Evolutionary Adaptations

oneill40 writes "The New Scientist has an interesting article up listing the Top 10 most amazing things to have evolved, including sex, death, the eye, language and parasites!" From the article:"Sponges are a key example of multicellular life, an innovation that transformed living things from solitary cells into fantastically complex bodies. It was such a great move, it evolved at least 16 different times. Animals, land plants, fungi and algae all joined in." J adds: Number four, Language, got a careful look from Carl Zimmer a while back. It's Pinker vs. Chomsky, winner take all, pass the popcorn!

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Re:Trying to get a feel for evolution in america -

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well, evolution is just a theory. if you don't accept that then you cant claim to be a scientist. Evolution has not been proven in a lab it does explain some phenomena so it is the current theory.

Re:Trying to get a feel for evolution in america -

[Dimensio]

Wake me up when the creationists debate in an unbiased forum.

Unbiased and not fundamentally dishonest. How much do you want to bet that a Christian who accepts evolution need not apply?

Re:Trying to get a feel for evolution in america -

[minus_273]

Tisk. You were doing so well until this post. Very well crafted troll. I didn't realize I was dealing with a troll until the last line of your post.

you also made a few mistakes. you know, before spewing out insults , look at the definition that i put up
"5 : a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena
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are you saying that is wrong? are you claiming that this definition of theory does not apply to the theory of evolution? What is even more amusing is that at no point have i said i believe in creationism, yet you apply that label to me.

Yet another idiotic failed analogy

[Dimensio]

It evolved out of sticks and stones in the ground, all by itself. Yes, I know a bunch of idiots will say 'somebody designed it' and junk like that, but it doesn't phase me. Weren't they listening in school?

Demonstrating once again that creationists don't study the theory of evolution, because knowing facts would take away the strawmen that they love to attack.