More Denton: Reply to David (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, August 14, 2015, 00:19 (3390 days ago) @ romansh

David: The fact that evolution appears to have stopped and humans have appeared is part of my reasoning that humans are the purpose.
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> Rom:The fact?
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> This I am afraid is ridiculous, at least to my understanding of the concept.
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> I am surprised that no one seriously questions this.-dhw has mentioned that we have not seen new species. I agree and I think Tony (BM) does also. We discover unknown species all the time. We see species disappear. The antibiotic resistant bacteria that have appeared and have been put forward as new species are an evolutionary adaptation but the bacteria are basically the same with a slightly different metabolism. Lenski's E. coli haven't changed in 20 years of generations every 20 minute. Frankly we seem to be in a pause, and there have been papers on the subject wondering if humans would control future evolution.