Showing posts with label Biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biology. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Evolution Will Always Be

"Many scientific theories are so well-established that no new evidence is likely to alter them substantially. For example, no new evidence will demonstrate that the Earth does not orbit around the sun (heliocentric theory), or that living things are not made of cells (cell theory), that matter is not composed of atoms, or that the surface of the Earth is not divided into solid plates that have moved over geological timescales (the theory of plate tectonics). Like these other foundational scientific theories, the theory of evolution is supported by so many observations and confirming experiments that scientists are confident that the basic components of the theory will not be overturned by new evidence. However, like all scientific theories, the theory of evolution is subject to continuing refinement as new areas of science emerge or as new technologies enable observations and experiments that were not possible previously." How the Fossil Record Supports Evolution (RJS)  via azspot.net and Patheos

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Proving Darwin... Laws regarding Evolution, IC and ID

I am never good at technical details regarding genetics and such but I posted my view before this one regarding the fossil record. IC may be a fooler... It may be nature based if intelligent evolution is viable. If IE is not viable it may be nature based nonetheless, through processes that look ID but are not (with ID, IC or Evolution the laws of bonding, attraction, magnetism and reactions, patterns, pairing, etc come into play, information systems and technology, complex algorithms, complex system's, patterns, complex information, etc also applies but, again, may be a nature based complex process of living organism's and their systems).




Theistic Evolution is viable btw, as is Intelligent Evolution. Special Creation may apply to Humans and certain animals.

Proving Darwin... The Fossil Record

"The fossil record is incredibly sparse. There were probably billions of species that are now extinct or evolved, but we have fossils for only about 250,000 unique species.
 You cannot use the fossil record for inferrring very much about abrupt changes, as just about everything in the fossil record is an abrupt change.


 The fossil record is like a series of snapshots of different countries from a vacation trip through Europe, where there are less than one snapshot per country." DC via FB

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Biology Through The Eyes of Faith book excerpts

Some excerpts regarding Evolution taken from Biology Through The Eyes of Faith by Richard T. Wright:


 "Evolutionary relationships dominate our understanding of the genetics of living organisms, from DNA structure to the importance of characteristics in the next generation. Ecology, animal behavior, comparative anatomy, embryology.. All are organized and interpreted from an evolutionary framework" (The Importance of Darwinism to Biology, pg. 117)


 "The millions of species of plants, animals and microbes are classified according to evolutionary principle's (common descent). The adaptations of all living things are understood as natural selection acting on genetic variations. The geographical distribution of organisms is interpreted as the outcome of speciation followed by dispersal." (The Importance of Darwinism to Biology, pg. 117)


 "...General trends in the fossil record suggest a progression: For example, single cells are found only in the oldest fossil bearing layers, invertebrates are found in the Cambrian (early Paleozoic), the first replies in the late Paleozoic, the first mammals in the Triassic, and placental animals in the late Cretaceous." (Evidences for Evolution, pg. 121)


 "..The appearance of gill arches in land animal embryos and notochords in higher invertebrates" (Evidences for Evolution, pg. 122)


 "Darwin's work on the biological sciences was his most greatest and revolutionary accomplishment" (The Darwinian Revolution and Human Thought, pg. 120)


*Applies to God guided or theistic evolution as well.