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"johac" |
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10 Sep 2005 03:30:53 AM |
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Human Brain Is Still Evolving |
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
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September 09, 2005
Human Brain Is Still Evolving
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers who have analyzed sequence
variations in two genes that regulate brain size in human populations
have found evidence that the human brain is still evolving.
They speculate that if the human species continues to survive, the human
brain may continue to evolve, driven by the pressures of natural
selection. Their data suggest that major variants in these genes arose
at roughly the same times as the origin of culture in human populations
as well as the advent of agriculture and written language.
³We want to know how broad a trend these two genes represent. Did we get
really lucky and hit on two rare examples of such genes? Or, are they
representative of many other such genes throughout the genome?²
Bruce T. Lahn
The research team, which was led by Bruce T. Lahn, a Howard Hughes
Medical Institute investigator at the University of Chicago, published
its findings in two articles in the September 9, 2005, issue of the
journal Science.
Their analyses focused on detecting sequence changes in two genes -
Microcephalin and ³abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated² (ASPM)
- across different human populations. In humans, mutations in either of
these genes can render the gene nonfunctional and cause microcephaly - a
clinical syndrome in which the brain develops to a much smaller size
than normal.
In earlier studies of non-human primates and humans, Lahn and his
colleagues determined that both Microcephalin and ASPM showed
significant changes under the pressure of natural selection during the
making of the human species. ³Our earlier studies showed that
Microcephalin showed evidence of accelerated evolution along the entire
primate lineage leading to humans, for the entire thirty to thirty-five
million years that we sampled,² he said. ³However, it seemed to have
evolved slightly slower later on. By contrast, ASPM has evolved most
rapidly in the last six million years of hominid evolution, after the
divergence of humans and chimpanzees.²
In order to identify sequence changes that occurred in Microcephalin and
ASPM in the evolutionary lineage leading to humans, Lahn and his
colleagues took the following approach: They determined the DNA
sequences of the two genes among a large number of primate species and
searched for sequence differences between humans and nonhuman primates.
By doing statistical analysis on these sequence differences, they could
demonstrate that the differences were due to natural selection that
drove significant sequence changes in the lineage leading to humans.
These changes accumulated presumably because they conferred some
competitive advantage.
The evidence that Microcephalin and ASPM were evolving under strong
natural selection in the lineage leading to humans led Lahn and his
colleagues to consider exploring whether these two genes are still
evolving under selection in modern human populations. ³In the earlier
studies, we looked at differences that had already been set in the human
genome,² he said. ³The next logical question was to ask whether the same
process is still going on today, given that these genes have been under
such strong selective pressure, leading to the accumulation of
advantageous changes in the human lineage. If that is the case, we
reasoned we might be able to see variants within the human population
that are rising in frequency due to positive selection, but haven't gone
to completion yet.²
The researchers first sequenced the two genes in an ethnically diverse
selection of about 90 individuals. The researchers also sequenced the
genes in the chimpanzee, to determine the ³ancestral² state of
polymorphisms in the genes and to assess the extent of human-chimpanzee
divergence.
In each gene, the researchers found distinctive sets of polymorphisms,
which are sequence differences between different individuals. Blocks of
linked polymorphisms are called haplotypes, whereby each haplotype is,
in essence, a distinct genetic variant of the gene. They found that they
could further break the haplotypes down into related variants called
haplogroups. Their analysis indicated that for each of the two genes,
one haplogroup occurs at a frequency far higher than that expected by
chance, indicating that natural selection has driven up the frequency of
the haplogroup. They referred to the high-frequency haplogroup as
haplogroup D.
When the researchers compared the ethnic groups in their sample for
haplogroup D of ASPM, they found that it occurs more frequently in
European and related populations, including Iberians, Basques, Russians,
North Africans, Middle Easterners and South Asians. That haplogroup was
found at a lower incidence in East Asians, sub-Saharan Africans and New
World Indians. For Microcephalin, the researchers found that haplogroup
D is more abundant in populations outside of Africa than in populations
from sub-Saharan Africa.
To produce more informative statistical data on the frequency of
haplotype D among population groups, the researchers applied their
methods to a larger population sample of more than one thousand people.
That analysis also showed the same distribution of haplogroups.
Their statistical analysis indicated that the Microcephalin haplogroup D
appeared about 37,000 years ago, and the ASPM haplogroup D appeared
about 5,800 years ago - both well after the emergence of modern humans
about 200,000 years ago. ³In the case of Microcephalin, the origin of
the new variant coincides with the emergence of culturally modern
humans,² said Lahn. ³And the ASPM new variant originated at a time that
coincides with the spread of agriculture, settled cities, and the first
record of written language. So, a major question is whether the
coincidence between the genetic evolution that we see and the cultural
evolution of humans was causative, or did they synergize with each
other?²
Lahn said that the geographic origin and circumstances surrounding the
spread of the haplogroups can only be surmised at this point. ³One can
make guesses, but our study doesn't reveal how these positively selected
variants arrived," he said. "They may have arisen in Europe or the
Middle East and spread more readily east and west due to human
migrations, as opposed to south to Africa because of geographic
barriers. Or, they could have arisen in Africa, and increased in
frequency once early humans migrated out of Africa.²
While the roles of Microcephalin and ASPM in regulating brain size
suggest that the selective pressure on the new variants may relate to
cognition, Lahn emphasized that this possibility remains speculative.
³What we can say is that our findings provide evidence that the human
brain, the most important organ that distinguishes our species, is
evolutionarily plastic,² he said. Finding evidence of selection in two
such genes is mutually reinforcing, he pointed out. ³Finding this effect
in one gene could be anecdotal, but finding it in two genes would make
it a trend. Here we have two microcephaly genes that show evidence of
selection in the evolutionary history of the human species and that also
show evidence of ongoing selection in humans.²
Lahn emphasized that it would not be correct to interpret the findings
as indicating that one ethnic group is more ³evolved² than another. Any
differences among groups would be minor compared to the large
differences in such traits as intelligence within those groups, he said.
³We're talking about the average impact of such variants,² he said. ³We
still have to treat each individual as an individual. Just because you
have one gene that makes you more likely to be a little taller, doesn't
mean you will be tall, given the complex effect of all your other genes
and of environment.² Lahn also said that a multitude of other genes
likely exist that influence brain size and development, and further
research could reveal far more complex effects of natural selection on
such genes.
Lahn speculated that the new findings suggest that the human brain will
continue to evolve under the pressure of natural selection. ³Our studies
indicate that the trend that is the defining characteristic of human
evolution - the growth of brain size and complexity - is likely still
going on. If our species survives for another million years or so, I
would imagine that the brain by then would show significant structural
differences from the human brain of today.²
For both Microcephalin and ASPM, Lahn and his colleagues are trying to
find out the precise traits that are under natural selection. They are
also performing more detailed studies of the two genes in human
populations to better understand their evolutionary history. And they
are searching for other brain-related genes that have changed under the
pressure of natural selection. ³We want to know how broad a trend these
two genes represent,² said Lahn. ³Did we get really lucky and hit on two
rare examples of such genes? Or, are they representative of many other
such genes throughout the genome. I would bet, though, that we will find
evidence of selection in a lot more genes.²
Lahn and his colleagues are now working to understand how subtle changes
in the sequences of these two genes can alter their function in such a
way that would result in favorable selection. While there is some
evidence from earlier studies that Microcephalin and ASPM code for
proteins that regulate the proliferation of brain cells from immature
neural stem cells, their function has not yet been determined, said
Lahn.
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http://www.hhmi.org/news/lahn4.html
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "maff" |
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10 Sep 2005 12:55:08 PM |
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johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
[...]
http://www.hhmi.org/news/lahn4.html
Microcephalin
http://groups.google.com/group/talk.origins/msg/9bd395c1a8192b47
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "Iness" |
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10 Sep 2005 03:38:22 AM |
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johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
Iness
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| User: "Witziges Rätsel" |
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10 Sep 2005 10:29:36 AM |
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The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
I watched a race once. They do exist. They do not matter. Ever
hear of the Indy 500? The Boston Marathon? The Tour de France?
Ever attended gym class?
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| User: "Iness" |
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10 Sep 2005 01:50:27 PM |
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Witziges R=E4tsel wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
I watched a race once. They do exist. They do not matter. Ever
hear of the Indy 500? The Boston Marathon? The Tour de France?
Ever attended gym class?
Heh!
Scientists have repeatedly found that races differ in average
intelligence. Based on their research, many scientists have determined
that this is genetically based.
"The conclusion that some racial groups have lower intelligence, and
the hypothesis that a genetic component may be involved, have led to
heated academic debates that have spilled over into the public sphere."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence
Then you have the huge disparity in violent crime rates between, say,
whites and blacks. Many scientists regard this as correlated with
inherent differences between the racial groups. Subtract the black
population from America, and our crime rate would be similar to, say,
Denmark's. That matters!
Just in the past three weeks in New York City, about a half dozen
children have been shot. How do we prevent such crimes? Obviously, gun
control isn't working: NYC already has strict gun control. Consider
again that these violent crimes are disproportionately committed by
blacks. If NYC's blacks were given reparations for slavery, and then
repatriated to their African motherlands, NYC's violent crime rate
would drop like a rock.
While some will simply scream, "Hitler, Nazi," etc. to these
observations, there can be no honest denial that they are true.
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| User: "Crusader" |
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10 Sep 2005 04:50:56 PM |
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While what you say is truth,without the balls to do the right thing ,it is
useless knowledge,what is actually been breed out of the white race is the
courage exhibited by our ancestral forefathers who made them to conquer the
world.
"Iness" <efefon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126378227.679755.79390@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Witziges Rätsel wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
I watched a race once. They do exist. They do not matter. Ever
hear of the Indy 500? The Boston Marathon? The Tour de France?
Ever attended gym class?
Heh!
Scientists have repeatedly found that races differ in average
intelligence. Based on their research, many scientists have determined
that this is genetically based.
"The conclusion that some racial groups have lower intelligence, and
the hypothesis that a genetic component may be involved, have led to
heated academic debates that have spilled over into the public sphere."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence
Then you have the huge disparity in violent crime rates between, say,
whites and blacks. Many scientists regard this as correlated with
inherent differences between the racial groups. Subtract the black
population from America, and our crime rate would be similar to, say,
Denmark's. That matters!
Just in the past three weeks in New York City, about a half dozen
children have been shot. How do we prevent such crimes? Obviously, gun
control isn't working: NYC already has strict gun control. Consider
again that these violent crimes are disproportionately committed by
blacks. If NYC's blacks were given reparations for slavery, and then
repatriated to their African motherlands, NYC's violent crime rate
would drop like a rock.
While some will simply scream, "Hitler, Nazi," etc. to these
observations, there can be no honest denial that they are true.
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| User: "maff" |
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11 Sep 2005 03:24:34 PM |
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Crusader wrote:
While what you say is truth,without the balls to do the right thing ,it is
useless knowledge,what is actually been breed out of the white race is the
courage exhibited by our ancestral forefathers who made them to conquer t=
he
world.
"Iness" <efefon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126378227.679755.79390@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Witziges R=E4tsel wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
I watched a race once. They do exist. They do not matter. Ever
hear of the Indy 500? The Boston Marathon? The Tour de France?
Ever attended gym class?
Heh!
Scientists have repeatedly found that races differ in average
intelligence. Based on their research, many scientists have determined
that this is genetically based.
"The conclusion that some racial groups have lower intelligence, and
the hypothesis that a genetic component may be involved, have led to
heated academic debates that have spilled over into the public sphere."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence
Then you have the huge disparity in violent crime rates between, say,
whites and blacks. Many scientists regard this as correlated with
inherent differences between the racial groups. Subtract the black
population from America, and our crime rate would be similar to, say,
Denmark's. That matters!
Just in the past three weeks in New York City, about a half dozen
children have been shot. How do we prevent such crimes? Obviously, gun
control isn't working: NYC already has strict gun control. Consider
again that these violent crimes are disproportionately committed by
blacks. If NYC's blacks were given reparations for slavery, and then
repatriated to their African motherlands, NYC's violent crime rate
would drop like a rock.
While some will simply scream, "Hitler, Nazi," etc. to these
observations, there can be no honest denial that they are true.
So are you saying that the Klan, neo-Nazis and other violent racists
are really black?
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| User: "Crusader" |
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12 Sep 2005 12:06:27 AM |
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Just a reaction against a danger to their race.Simple....
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126470274.633608.93700@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Crusader wrote:
While what you say is truth,without the balls to do the right thing ,it is
useless knowledge,what is actually been breed out of the white race is the
courage exhibited by our ancestral forefathers who made them to conquer
the
world.
"Iness" <efefon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126378227.679755.79390@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Witziges Rätsel wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
I watched a race once. They do exist. They do not matter. Ever
hear of the Indy 500? The Boston Marathon? The Tour de France?
Ever attended gym class?
Heh!
Scientists have repeatedly found that races differ in average
intelligence. Based on their research, many scientists have determined
that this is genetically based.
"The conclusion that some racial groups have lower intelligence, and
the hypothesis that a genetic component may be involved, have led to
heated academic debates that have spilled over into the public sphere."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence
Then you have the huge disparity in violent crime rates between, say,
whites and blacks. Many scientists regard this as correlated with
inherent differences between the racial groups. Subtract the black
population from America, and our crime rate would be similar to, say,
Denmark's. That matters!
Just in the past three weeks in New York City, about a half dozen
children have been shot. How do we prevent such crimes? Obviously, gun
control isn't working: NYC already has strict gun control. Consider
again that these violent crimes are disproportionately committed by
blacks. If NYC's blacks were given reparations for slavery, and then
repatriated to their African motherlands, NYC's violent crime rate
would drop like a rock.
While some will simply scream, "Hitler, Nazi," etc. to these
observations, there can be no honest denial that they are true.
So are you saying that the Klan, neo-Nazis and other violent racists
are really black?
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| User: "maff" |
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| Title: Re: Human Brain Is Still Evolving |
12 Sep 2005 02:05:56 AM |
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Crusader wrote:
Just a reaction against a danger to their race.Simple....
[...]
That was the apologetics that Nazis used for the holocaust.
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| User: "Crusader" |
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12 Sep 2005 02:22:25 PM |
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So what,the danger, as we all know, was and still is real,unfortunatly we
as a society have choose to ignored at our own peril.
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126508756.866227.197400@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Crusader wrote:
Just a reaction against a danger to their race.Simple....
[...]
That was the apologetics that Nazis used for the holocaust.
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| User: "DanielSan" |
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| Title: Re: Human Brain Is Still Evolving |
12 Sep 2005 08:06:59 PM |
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Crusader wrote:
So what,the danger, as we all know, was and still is real,unfortunatly we
as a society have choose to ignored at our own peril.
"You were in great peril."
"I don't think I was."
"Yes, you were. You were in terrible peril."
"Look, let me go back there and face the peril."
"No, it's too perilous."
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126508756.866227.197400@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Crusader wrote:
Just a reaction against a danger to their race.Simple....
[...]
That was the apologetics that Nazis used for the holocaust.
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| User: "maff" |
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12 Sep 2005 02:47:37 PM |
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Crusader wrote:
So what,the danger, as we all know, was and still is real,unfortunatly we
as a society have choose to ignored at our own peril.
That's what your leader also thought. He had to blow his brains out in
an underground bunker.
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126508756.866227.197400@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Crusader wrote:
Just a reaction against a danger to their race.Simple....
[...]
That was the apologetics that Nazis used for the holocaust.
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| User: "Crusader" |
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12 Sep 2005 08:58:33 PM |
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He won`t be the last leader,nor it will be the last fight.
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126554457.251151.4850@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Crusader wrote:
So what,the danger, as we all know, was and still is real,unfortunatly
we
as a society have choose to ignored at our own peril.
That's what your leader also thought. He had to blow his brains out in
an underground bunker.
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126508756.866227.197400@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Crusader wrote:
Just a reaction against a danger to their race.Simple....
[...]
That was the apologetics that Nazis used for the holocaust.
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| User: "maff" |
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13 Sep 2005 01:19:46 AM |
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Crusader wrote:
He won`t be the last leader,nor it will be the last fight.
That's what all fascists say.
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126554457.251151.4850@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Crusader wrote:
So what,the danger, as we all know, was and still is real,unfortunatly
we
as a society have choose to ignored at our own peril.
That's what your leader also thought. He had to blow his brains out in
an underground bunker.
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126508756.866227.197400@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Crusader wrote:
Just a reaction against a danger to their race.Simple....
[...]
That was the apologetics that Nazis used for the holocaust.
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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10 Sep 2005 08:56:57 AM |
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Iness <efefon@yahoo.com> wrote in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
What are the top five characteristics of specific human races,
according to you?
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "Perfesser White" |
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11 Sep 2005 02:07:12 AM |
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In article <gpo5i1pih3jqgubbds94uc810r3qr7unah@4ax.com>,
Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
Iness <efefon@yahoo.com> wrote in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
What are the top five characteristics of specific human races,
according to you?
Great question! I offer these for consideration. Besides phenotype
characteristics, how about:
intelligence (eg: technology)
empathy for others (eg: violent crime)
self-restraint - impulsiveness (eg: sexuality/reproductive strategies)
creativity (eg: the arts; civilization building)
family cohesion (eg: marriage; child nurturing/education)
No one race is totally devoid of any of these, but some races appear to
be deficient in these characteristics while others have achieved greater
sufficiency in these characteristics.
Perfesser White
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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11 Sep 2005 11:08:18 AM |
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Perfesser White wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
Iness <efefon@yahoo.com> wrote in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
What are the top five characteristics of specific human races,
according to you?
Great question! I offer these for consideration. Besides phenotype
characteristics,
Those are the characteristics I was actually interested in.
What are they to you? Skin color, head size/shape, nose size/shape,
hair color, eye color, lip size, hair texture, etc?
You sound like a racist to me, so I'll bet skin color is at the top of
the list for you, n'est pas?
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "Perfesser White" |
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11 Sep 2005 02:50:24 PM |
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In article <28l8i1htvq5caj100rhbi9ceqr9ci64s96@4ax.com>,
Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
Perfesser White wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
Iness <efefon@yahoo.com> wrote in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
What are the top five characteristics of specific human races,
according to you?
Great question! I offer these for consideration. Besides phenotype
characteristics,
Those are the characteristics I was actually interested in.
What are they to you? Skin color, head size/shape, nose size/shape,
hair color, eye color, lip size, hair texture, etc?
You sound like a racist to me, so I'll bet skin color is at the top of
the list for you, n'est pas?
Those phenotypes are, to intelligent people, a general indicator of
various behaviors- take politics, for example. Chances are that a kaffir
is a Democrat, supported by political analysis and exit polls.
Perfesser White
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| User: "Way Back Jack" |
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12 Sep 2005 06:45:48 AM |
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:08:18 GMT, Elroy Willis
<elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
What are they to you? Skin color, head size/shape, nose size/shape,
hair color, eye color, lip size, hair texture, etc?
You sound like a racist to me, so I'll bet skin color is at the top of
the list for you, n'est pas?
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
What are they to me?
I observe that people who bear certain physical characteristics
demonstrate a disproportionate share of anti-social behavior.
Should I sweep these observations under the rug?
Or cogitate upon them further?
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| User: "maff" |
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| Title: Re: Human Brain Is Still Evolving |
10 Sep 2005 05:05:50 AM |
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Iness wrote:
johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
Nah. 'Race' is a sociological concept. It isn't a biological one.
There's more genetic variation within Africa than anywhere in the
world. Which Africans are you talking about?
Iness
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Human Brain Is Still Evolving |
11 Sep 2005 12:51:36 AM |
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In article <1126346750.152207.86640@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote:
Iness wrote:
johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
Nah. 'Race' is a sociological concept. It isn't a biological one.
There's more genetic variation within Africa than anywhere in the
world. Which Africans are you talking about?
And when racial groups were studied and compared, it was usually found
that there was more variation within the groups than between the groups.
Iness
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Human Brain Is Still Evolving |
15 Sep 2005 08:59:42 PM |
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On 10 Sep 2005 01:38:22 -0700, "Iness" <efefon@yahoo.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
The creationists say that their god created man in his own perfect
image. If man's brain is still evolving, doesn't that mean that their
god is also evolving? Omigawd! God's a Darwinist!
If their God existed, that would seem to be the case. This research
also further shows that races exist, and that they do matter. Liberals
who deny the reality of race have a lot in common with evangelicals.
Match race.
Bicycle race.
Car race.
Foot race.
Human race.
Now, ***** ignorant twat.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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