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Bacteria Make Major Evolutionary Shift In the Lab

Posted by kdawson on from the forty-four-thousand-generations dept.

Auxbuss sends us to New Scientist for news sure to perplex and confound creationists: scientists have watched a new, complex evolutionary trait develop in the lab. "A major evolutionary innovation has unfurled right in front of researchers' eyes. It's the first time evolution has been caught in the act of making such a rare and complex new trait. And because the species in question is a bacterium, scientists have been able to replay history to show how this evolutionary novelty grew from the accumulation of unpredictable, chance events."

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  1. Re:First! by hostyle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Turds often float to the surface even in the genetic pool.

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  2. Two words by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    Continuous creation. God put those new bacteria there to test my faith ;-)

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    1. Re:Two words by ArcherB · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm willing to concede that there was likely a historical Jesus. But so what? There's more evidence for Mohammed and Joseph Smith, but their mere existence nor their claims or the claims of those who claimed to know them (or claimed to know people who knew them) would convince me that any of these individuals were linked in some way to the Divine. Of course Jesus is real and Divine. Just read your sig. How could Jesus have died approximately 2000 years ago AND be seen on a Moped on I-50 without some Divinity thrown in?
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  3. Let me be the first to say... by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a miracle!

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  4. Quote from article: by Izabael_DaJinn · · Score: 5, Funny
    "In the meantime, the experiment stands as proof that evolution does not always lead to the best possible outcome."

    Wasn't that already proven with the rise of homo sapiens?

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  5. Re:Remember... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait for God's press release on this one.
    Blah-blah-blah revolutionary E. Coli version 2.0 blah-blah-blah flexibly interoperate blah-blah-blah leverage synergies blah-blah-blah best-of-breed blah-blah-blah exciting new environmental opportunities blah-blah-blah...
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  6. Re:First! by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually it sucks. Now the lime won't kill the bacteria on the beer bottle.

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  7. Re:First! by Jade+E.+2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually it sucks. Now the lime won't kill the bacteria on the beer bottle. Yeah, you'll have to put something else in your beer to kill them. Alcohol, maybe.