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Reply #255 - Jul 18
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You got it Stick...it makes no sense. If it was easier to walk upright then shouldn't more animals do it? Not to mention this violates the "those best suited for their environment are more likely to survive". That would mean monkeys, or their ancestors, would have to leave their natural habitat and start going to the plain areas where there's open space to walk. How they survived the lions and other predators seem remarkable to me. God knows how that happened...oops...Science knows how that happened...oops...Science doesn't know anything and has become dogmatic...ya there we go.
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Reply #256 - Jul 18
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That article reminds me of a time in my organismal biology class when my lab teacher said that humans might evolve smaller feet becuase we wear shoes. I asked how natural selection would select for smaller feet and she didn't have an answer.
Again, I would like to know how natural selection would effect low energy walking evolution. Do many chimps lie down and die becuase they were too tired from walking? This story is weak, but its the same old lackluster assertions (propaganda) we're used to.
Are these the results?
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Overall, the chimpanzees used about the same amount of energy walking on two legs compared to four legs, but the researchers saw differences among the individual animals in how much energy they used based on their gaits and anatomy.
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Reply #257 - Jul 18
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Science damn you pat!
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Reply #258 - Jul 18
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Ohhh....my....science!!!
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Reply #259 - Jul 19
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6904675.stm
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Britain became separated from mainland Europe after a catastrophic flood some time before 200,000 years ago, a sonar study of the English Channel confirms.
The images reveal deep scars on the Channel bed that must have been cut by a sudden, massive discharge of water.
Scientists tell the journal Nature that the torrent probably came from a giant lake in what is now the North Sea.
That's nice. How about The Flood, about 4500 years ago?
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Reply #260 - Jul 19
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But... but... but... that's not science!
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Reply #261 - Jul 25
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Creationism museum undergoes growing pains
Old Testament exhibits, rides attract more than 100,000 visitors to Ky.
PETERSBURG, Ky. - Less than two months after opening, a northern Kentucky museum dedicated to promoting creationism has drawn 100,000 visitors, causing some growing pains, museum officials said.
The milestone visit — the honor went to a Buffalo, N.Y., family — means the $27 million museum is on pace to easily shatter the first-year attendance projection of 250,000 visits, officials said.
“We’re pretty pleased with the response,” said Mike Zovath, vice president of museum operations.
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The 60,000-square foot museum’s first weeks have been highlighted by packed parking lots, long lines to get in and — from critics — skepticism about the museum’s claims about science, faith and the origins of the earth.
Evolution is derided at the museum, which is packed with high-tech exhibits designed by an acclaimed theme-park artist, animatronic dinosaurs and a huge wooden ark. In this Old Testament version of history, dinosaurs appeared on the same day God created other land animals.
The museum also contains fossils, hung in large glass cases in a room visitors spill into after taking a tour of Old Testament history. Museum officials said most fossils were created by the massive flood detailed in the book of Genesis.
The museum is petitioning to add 650 spaces to the parking lot, which currently has about 500 spaces available. The museum would also like to add a canopy over the entrance to protect people waiting in line from the weather.
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Reply #262 - Jul 26
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Who are they petitioning? If they own the land, build the freakin' parking lot.
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Reply #263 - Jul 26
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KY is probably just as bad as anywhere else when it comes to building codes and taxes it levies on them.
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Reply #264 - Jul 26
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http://stromdotcom.blogspot.com/2007/07/shark-with-webbed-feet.html
Well this article certainly destroys my belief in God...thanks a lot science!
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Reply #265 - Jul 26
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KY is probably just as bad as anywhere else...
I dunno, I'm sure KY has its uses.
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Reply #266 - Jul 26
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Along with the above posted "proof" from the blogging community (lol) here's more proof that dinosaurs had sex with apricots to produce birds.
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Reply #267 - Jul 27
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That looks like a hoax.
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Reply #268 - Jul 27
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what are you, kidding? This is proof, you cannot just PUT a bird embryo in an apricot, it must be born there!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070731/sc_nm/hungary_forest_dc
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Hungarian scientists said on Tuesday they have discovered a group of fossilized swamp cypress trees preserved from 8 million years ago which could provide clues about the climate of pre-historic times.
Instead of petrifying -- turning to stone -- the wood of 16 Taxodium trees was preserved in an open-cast coal mine allowing geologists to study samples as if they were sections cut from a piece of living wood.
"The importance of the findings is that so many trees got preserved in their original position in one place," Alfred Dulai, geologist at the Hungarian Natural History Museum said.
"But the real rarity about these trees is that ... their original wood got preserved ... they did not turn into stone."
Aside from the blah blah blah about evolutionary timeframes, this is a pretty cool find from the Flood.
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070731/2007_07_31t091859_450x317_us_hungary...
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