Evolution: a different view (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, May 15, 2015, 17:47 (3268 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw And I still don't know why you think it must have hung around for (hundreds of) thousands of years doing nothing, as if our ancestors all stopped talking to one another.
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>David: I repeat, have you followed everything I have written? It hung around all those years not being used at the level it was made for in advance. That is the key to the concept. You must say it looks as if the anatomic changes were planned for in advance of our complex language.-Q: How do you know it was unused?
A: We don't, but we assume it wasn't used because to assume otherwise is contrary to the theory of evolution, and our perception of early humanoids as knuckle dragging howling monkey men.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.