Evolution: an ability Darwin does not explain (Introduction)

by dhw, Sunday, July 23, 2017, 09:27 (2680 days ago) @ David Turell

Quote: “we conclude that human cells are equipped with a robust and efficient adaptation potential when challenged with altered gravitational environments." (David’s bold)

David’s comment: Why should this ability be present in the human genome when there has never been any environmental pressure to create such an ability? It might be speculated that God did this so we could do space travel!

A Brief History of Animals in Space - NASA
history.nasa.gov/animals.html
QUOTE: “ A biological payload record was set on April 17, 1998, when over two thousand creatures joined the seven-member crew of the shuttle Columbia (STS-90) for a sixteen-day mission of intensive neurological testing (NEUROLAB).”

dhw: I conclude that the cells of lots and lots of organisms are equipped with a robust and efficient adaptation potential when challenged with altered gravitational environments. Would you like to put that in bold?

DAVID: …agreed cells have it but again missing the point, or deliberately avoiding it. Why should cells contain space adaptability in advance of being in space (low gravity)?

The bolded quote and your comment both stress that it is HUMAN cells that have this ability, as if it were unique to humans. It is not. But if you now wish to argue that your God specially prepared dogs and monkeys and other organisms for space travel, you are welcome to your theory.