[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;23887696]Because not everything of a particular species evolves the same way.
That's why there are different races of human, and different breeds of dog.
Good fucking god, you have common sense?[/QUOTE]
I don't think you're explaining this right. The common ancestors post is the right answer.
Oh wait I get what you're saying now. Still, what he was saying is that he thought human beings branched off of the modern sea sponge, which is false. Your explanation would make no sense to him if he didn't get the modern ancestry concept in the first place.
[QUOTE=Mexican;23887985]I don't think you're explaining this right. The common ancestors post is the right answer.
Oh wait I get what you're saying now. Still, what he was saying is that he thought human beings branched off of the modern sea sponge, which is false. Your explanation would make no sense to him if he didn't get the modern ancestry concept in the first place.[/QUOTE]
That's not what I mean, from what he said, he's implying that a species would evolve and the predictor would cease to exist. Which isn't correct because we evolved from monkeys, yes, but not ALL monkeys, only a specific branch of them, which means that the species that was evolved from, would continue to live on.
[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;23888151]That's not what I mean, from what he said, he's implying that a species would evolve and the predictor would cease to exist. Which isn't correct because we evolved from monkeys, yes, but not ALL monkeys, only a specific branch of them, which means that the species that was evolved from, would continue to live on.[/QUOTE]
I think it would be more accurate to say we didn't evolve from monkeys, because what we know know as monkeys are entirely different from our common ancestor, but rather that at some point the creature that would eventually become human and the creature that would eventually become monkey split off from that one ancestor.
So we didn't evolve from monkeys, both us and monkeys evolved from an old primate that is no longer around, because, as he said, it would have ceased to exist being as it adapted itself into new species. The reason people think we evolved from monkeys is that the creature we evolved from, though likely about half and half between man and monkey, is perceived as a monkey because it's so unintelligent and animalistic so it lacks the things we've come to understand make up a human.
Guess that's why sometimes I feel like a sponge, soaking up all the shit
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;23887654]they're being sarcastic you fuckwit[/QUOTE]
the fact that so few of the people on this thread did not realize that makes me really ashamed of FP.
also, it's not surprising that we share a large amount of our genetic code with something that looks so genetically different. most of the information contained in the average DNA strand is junk information that's never used in any part of the body of a particular species or two or more.
EXTRA DNA FUN-FACT: if you take two completely different strangers at random (well, two random strangers in the same country, at least) and compared their DNA, chances are their DNA code would be as similar as that of two people who are fifth cousins to each other. or was it fourth cousins?
yeah, that one year I spent in Environmental Science College really made a difference!
I was correct!!!
[QUOTE=farmatyr;23884752]After completing the genetic sequencing of sea sponges from the Great Barrier Reef, there's no doubt that we're still intricately linked to our most ancient ancestors.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1689248/180px-Momndad.jpg[/img]
the joke's probably dead by now, though.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23885339]fyi 70% isn't a whole lot in genetics. hell, 90% isn't a whole lot.[/QUOTE]
Ruin it all won't you? :colbert:
I live in a pineapple
[QUOTE=farmatyr;23884752]Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?[/QUOTE]
No one because of the fucking oil.
Cure for cancer? :aaa: about time? if they get it.
[QUOTE=farmatyr;23884752]Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?[/QUOTE]
[img]http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/Q/U/3/bp-spongebob.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=CharadesV2;23886346]I'm hung like one. ;)[/QUOTE]Thats been neutered
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;23884811]We also share 97% of our DNA with horses...
The more you know[/QUOTE]
I love horses.
[QUOTE=farmatyr;23884752]Blah[/QUOTE]
Yep, proof of evolution right here.
This thread is interesting. Never knew I was part sponge... until now.
Fun Fact: You could put a sponge through a sieve and it would reform itself from a pile of little pieces.
[QUOTE=Faren;23886758]Most DNA in the genome of any given organism isn't even used by the current form of that organism. It's simply "left over" genetic information from ancestral life forms.
Fun fact: Using this method of seeing how much DNA we share with any given organism, we are able to figure out an ancestral family tree of all life on Earth. The amount of DNA we share tells us how recently our common ancestor (with whichever species we are comparing our DNA with) split into two different species.[/QUOTE]
Yay, someone who understands evolution.
[QUOTE=flarrm;23887200]If we evolved from sponges, then why aren't they extinct?
Same with monkeys. Creatures only evolve because they need to adapt to their environment, so the sponge wouldn't be around.
Neither would monkeys. Maybe something more similar like Homo erectus, but not monkeys, and definitely not sponges.[/QUOTE]
Troll spotted at 3 o clock sarge what do we do!!! :byodood:
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[QUOTE=tyanet;23900945]Yay, someone who understands evolution.[/QUOTE]
That's not understanding evolution, that's understanding junk DNA.
What a very strange finding.
We share DNA with everything. All life on Earth does, it's no secret.
[QUOTE=Arachnidus;23901196]We share DNA with everything. All life on Earth does, it's no secret.[/QUOTE]
What he said.
Through very distant ancestry, we are related to these fuckers.
[img]http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~youson/images/lamprey.jpg[/img]
Fucking lampreys how do they work!
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;23885353]Bear in mind what DNA does, information on how things as simple as cells must be structured has to be provided. If a certain structure of cell works, it'll be found in more than one species likely.[/QUOTE]
Also, a lot of DNA has no discernible purpose whatsoever, like old Windows registry entries.
Don't we share like 50% of DNA with bananas?
We probably share a fair bit with the flu, AIDS, the common cold, Anthrax because we are all susceptible to them which means they have specific protein markers that allow them to bind to our cells and kill them.
Wouldn't have those suitable markers if they didn't share our DNA.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;23884811]We also share 97% of our DNA with horses...
The more you know[/QUOTE]
I loooooove horses :q:
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[QUOTE=bravehat;23901249]What he said.
Through very distant ancestry, we are related to these fuckers.
[img]http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~youson/images/lamprey.jpg[/img]
Fucking lampreys how do they work![/QUOTE]
That's how the vagina dentata was invented.
[QUOTE=bravehat;23901753]We probably share a fair bit with the flu, AIDS, the common cold, Anthrax because we are all susceptible to them which means they have specific protein markers that allow them to bind to our cells and kill them.
Wouldn't have those suitable markers if they didn't share our DNA.[/QUOTE]
That's not how viruses work. Viruses aren't technically alive. They are an encapsulated piece of information, unable to anyhow alter itself or it's environment. They don't feed, they can't replicate, they can't influence their movement. They don't have "their own DNA", the information is actually their very essence.
For some reason, which to my knowledge wasn't yet explained by science at all, our cells have a mechanism which doesn't do anything else than hospitably welcome every virus which comes near the cell, and writes all the information from the virus into itself. The information from principle is, to a lower or higher degree cease the normal function of cell, and use it's resources to replicate the virus, which depending on which cell and how serve the virus destructive plans are, lead to the illness, ranging from flu to AIDS.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;23903151]That's not how viruses work. Viruses aren't technically alive. They are an encapsulated piece of information, unable to anyhow alter itself or it's environment. They don't feed, they can't replicate, they can't influence their movement. They don't have "their own DNA", the information is actually their very essence.
For some reason, which to my knowledge wasn't yet explained by science at all, our cells have a mechanism which doesn't do anything else than hospitably welcome every virus which comes near the cell, and writes all the information from the virus into itself. The information from principle is, to a lower or higher degree cease the normal function of cell, and use it's resources to replicate the virus, which depending on which cell and how serve the virus destructive plans are, lead to the illness, ranging from flu to AIDS.[/QUOTE]
Viruses remind me a lot of ideas. Ideas can't feed, replicate, or influence their movement. But some people don't do anything else other than hospitably welcome every idea which comes near their mind, and write all the information from that idea into their mind.
(If you take nothing else away from Inception, take this.)
[QUOTE=bravehat;23901249]What he said.
Through very distant ancestry, we are related to these fuckers.
[img_thumb]http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~youson/images/lamprey.jpg[/img_thumb]
Fucking lampreys how do they work![/QUOTE]
:barf: I dream they crawl into my toes at night when I forget to wear socks
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;23903151]That's not how viruses work. Viruses aren't technically alive. They are an encapsulated piece of information, unable to anyhow alter itself or it's environment. They don't feed, they can't replicate, they can't influence their movement. They don't have "their own DNA", the information is actually their very essence.
For some reason, which to my knowledge wasn't yet explained by science at all, our cells have a mechanism which doesn't do anything else than hospitably welcome every virus which comes near the cell, and writes all the information from the virus into itself. The information from principle is, to a lower or higher degree cease the normal function of cell, and use it's resources to replicate the virus, which depending on which cell and how serve the virus destructive plans are, lead to the illness, ranging from flu to AIDS.[/QUOTE]
It's cause the virus protein has specific markers that bond to the cell membranes, he cell takes this as a recognition of a friendly cell (to some degree obviously) virus gets in and hijacks the cells to produce copies of itself.
That's some fucked up shit.
Makes you wonder how much of our DNA is really ours... :ohdear:
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