Human evolution; new anthropological info (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, April 03, 2020, 22:10 (1693 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: Try this possibility about my in-charge God: He set the evolution of Hominins and Homos in high drive just as in the Cambrian Explosion.

dhw: What do you mean by “set it in high drive”? Your theory all along has been that each step and each innovation was either preprogrammed 3.8 billion years ago or personally dabbled. The latter means he designed each one individually.

The Cambrian was a rapid expansion of new forms. So was the human. I assume both were a massive dabble.

DAVID: The experiences of many different homo types in many different environments with their sexual intermingling gave the final sapiens all the various immune and environmental tolerance abilities they would need to go forward in living successfully.

dhw: And so your God, who only wants H. sapiens and is all-powerful and can create whatever he wants whenever he wants, has to preprogramme (3.8 billion years ago) or dabble not only 3.X billion years’ worth of non-human life forms, econiches, natural wonders etc. (including the Cambrian explosion) but also various types of hominins and homos before the programming or dabbling of the only species he wants to create. No wonder you tell us we shouldn’t try to work out his reasons – though you think providing food for 3.X billion years’ worth of non-human organisms explains everything.

You are rigidly opposed to the econiches and food supply argument as usual. Are you aware of the meat factories (chicken farming, beef herds, etc.) we have that many see as currently producing problems? Humans need a huge food supply and are constantly inventing ways to increase it. I'm sorry you cannot see God as I do, and are totally illogical about a God you constantly try to see from a human point of view, totally contrary to my views of God. No wonder we don't agree.

QUOTE (from “erectus info”: "Combined with other evidence, this leads them to argue that the site reflects a period of transition in southern Africa driven by climatic variability, with endemic species such as Australopithecus going extinct, while new migrants – Homo and Paranthropus – moved in.

DAVID: Another new find that supports the idea of a hominin/homo evolutionary explosion.

dhw: Indeed, and the bigger the explosion, the more difficult it is to believe that your all-powerful God started out wanting only one species (apart from enough other life forms to provide H. sapiens with food). The explosion supports the idea of different species evolving to cope with different environments. Your theory once again raises the question of if or why your God created different environments.

The different species in different environments gave sapiens all the attributes it need as a final product. I've been over all is before, remember?

The Earth He created had many different environments in different areas and at different times in the history of the Earth. You don't see God as I do, so of course I see God at work.