> Judah wrote: > Thanks David. Evolution is a difficult subject to explain in part > because it seems like it ought to be obvious because it is so close to > us. The temptation to impose non-scientific ideals on it, like social > darwinism, is understandable because it deals with humans in a way > that, say, particle physics does not. >
Definitely great job Judah, as usual. On the topic, evolution itself has many agreed upon holes especially as it comes to heredity which, by itself simply due to time, cannot explain the variation. In other words there is some other mechanism(s) that greatly accelerates evolution that nobody understands. So for anybody who wants more of an insight into human evolution I recommend this fascinating book with big glossy pictures; easy read, great coffee table book, will keep you coming back for more and entertain guests: http://www.amazon.com/Lucy-Language-Revised-Updated-Expanded/dp/0743280644/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227203781&sr=8-1 It's also a great read before taking next evolutionary step (he he) in looking into some hypotheses on the holes in ToE here: http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Evolution-Weirdest-Explains-Paperback/dp/0393323102/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227203925&sr=1-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280857 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
