VERA CHNG JIA YU WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT THE COMPUTER?!?!?!
OKAY. That was so NOT my last post. I feel like I have to add something to this very lively debate on evolution.
Evolution, as what I have garnered from Mrs Cheong's biology lessons, occurs when a species is separated, and over an EXTREMELY LONG period of time, evolved so much, that when we put the two species together again, they cannot mate.
Ah yes, but we do not see that happening with humans do we?
So let's talk about mutation, variation, and natural selection. I'm speaking from an animalistic point of view.
Mutation may cause a change in chromosome number. It is spontaneous, but its rate is greatly increased by the presence of mutagens in the external environment. These include ultraviolet light, and alpha, beta and gamma radiation. An example of mutation would be: Man has 23 pairs of chromosomes in his normal cells. Some people have one extra chromosome in the 21st pair. They suffer from what is known as Down's syndrome.
Now Variation.
Variation in organisms may arise due to mutation. Crossing different varieties of plants and animals produces even more variations in offspring. However, Nature selects those varieties that are more competitive, more resistant to diseases and better adapted to changes in the environment, to survive and reproduce their kind. As better-adapted individuals, they have an increased chance of survival, and a greater opportunity to reproduce. This process is known as Natural Selection.
While all the above is true and can be scientifically supported, I personally do not quite support the theory of evolution. Three reasons, namely,
1. Evolution would require a HORRENDOUSLY LONG period of time (im talking about millions of years), what we can merely do is speculate.
2. Evolution would also require an extremely varied gene pool in order to produce such drastic changes in a species, statistically, it's near impossible.
3. And seriously, while some may believe evolution unifies all the different species of animals (including us) on this earth, can you seriously believe that amoeba were our ancestors?
(Amoeba, if some of you do not know, are unicellular organisms which obtain oxygen from their surroundings by diffusion.)
This seems to be taking evolution to the verge of ludicrity.
Actually no, in my opinion, it threw itself off the cliff of presposterity and landed facefirst in the land of ridicule.
~aloe
Timothy Tang
17
Rockdige Secondery
Jan 13th 1992
[[ The Wishlist ]]
I could use a new set of headphones...
More guitars?
Maybe a grand piano...
and the will power to write my books
If only life was a fantasy story...
A weekend away with my extended family perhaps? (You know who you are) (^_^)
Fantasy of Darkness (A book project of mine)
Da creater
[[ Don't talk crap, it's ****ng rude ]]
VERA CHNG JIA YU WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT THE COMPUTER?!?!?!
OKAY. That was so NOT my last post. I feel like I have to add something to this very lively debate on evolution.
Evolution, as what I have garnered from Mrs Cheong's biology lessons, occurs when a species is separated, and over an EXTREMELY LONG period of time, evolved so much, that when we put the two species together again, they cannot mate.
Ah yes, but we do not see that happening with humans do we?
So let's talk about mutation, variation, and natural selection. I'm speaking from an animalistic point of view.
Mutation may cause a change in chromosome number. It is spontaneous, but its rate is greatly increased by the presence of mutagens in the external environment. These include ultraviolet light, and alpha, beta and gamma radiation. An example of mutation would be: Man has 23 pairs of chromosomes in his normal cells. Some people have one extra chromosome in the 21st pair. They suffer from what is known as Down's syndrome.
Now Variation.
Variation in organisms may arise due to mutation. Crossing different varieties of plants and animals produces even more variations in offspring. However, Nature selects those varieties that are more competitive, more resistant to diseases and better adapted to changes in the environment, to survive and reproduce their kind. As better-adapted individuals, they have an increased chance of survival, and a greater opportunity to reproduce. This process is known as Natural Selection.
While all the above is true and can be scientifically supported, I personally do not quite support the theory of evolution. Three reasons, namely,
1. Evolution would require a HORRENDOUSLY LONG period of time (im talking about millions of years), what we can merely do is speculate.
2. Evolution would also require an extremely varied gene pool in order to produce such drastic changes in a species, statistically, it's near impossible.
3. And seriously, while some may believe evolution unifies all the different species of animals (including us) on this earth, can you seriously believe that amoeba were our ancestors?
(Amoeba, if some of you do not know, are unicellular organisms which obtain oxygen from their surroundings by diffusion.)
This seems to be taking evolution to the verge of ludicrity.
Actually no, in my opinion, it threw itself off the cliff of presposterity and landed facefirst in the land of ridicule.
~aloe