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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 Thyrteen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And this was meant to be a parent thread.. not a respond to the first post :)

  2. Re:Grow up. by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For fuck's sake people, grow up. Can't we discuss a cool scientific discovery without dragging religion-bashing into it? If this changes their minds, it will do so without our mockery. If it doesn't change their minds, it will do so without our mockery. In the meantime, we will have wasted our time, and ceded any moral high ground, by lowering ourselves to the level of 5-year-old "ha ha told you so ha ha ha!" nonsense.

    That's what the Democrats said while they were doing their part to throw the last two elections by not responding to personal attacks, nor even making their own even when they were totally founded.

    Sorry, but the stakes are even higher here.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  3. Re:Two words by moderatorrater · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For me, all I say is try it. Whether it's hard coded into the brain, or I was raised to it, or whatever, there's a lot of benefits that come from religion in just my personal life. Add in the community that comes with it and it's a no-brainer for me.