How did sex pop up? (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Friday, September 18, 2009, 03:34 (5337 days ago) @ David Turell

Evolution started with organisms simply splitting to reproduce. The following article raises some interesting points and some facts about sex determination. It isn't all x's and y's:
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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090916133515.htm-You do bring up an interesting point, and in my case, it would be my turn to play the gadfly. -50% of all male embryos die in the womb, and a paper back from last year sometime also stated that male offspring are more likely to be stillborn than female. -If we were the product of design, why would we not see something a little more efficient? You stated that you think God cares about us maybe 50% of the time? You really think its even that much? If you're going to design the human race, why reach for "half-assed?" This goes into what George was saying earlier, about life seeming far to chaotic and disorganized for it to be designed. Albeit I can also swing back the other way on that one and say "we can build complex chaos from simple rules too."

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