[freeztar]

A new study has shown a link between T-Rex and...chickens!
Less surprisingly, a link was also found between mastodons and elephants. Read more about it here:
Molecular Analysis Confirms Tyrannosaurus Rex's Evolutionary Link To Birds

[HydrogenBond]

Evolution has a connection to the environment, with environment helping to set the potential for the necessitated direction of evolution. For example, bacteria that evolve a resistance to an antibiotic, do so because their environment contains antibiotics. This is the potential for genetic change. To test this, take one sample of virgin bacteria and let these evolve without adding any antibiotics. Take a second sample and give these the antibiotic. Which will evolve the resistance to the antibiotic? It will not happen randomly with both changing. Necessity is the mother of evolutionary inventions. The virgin sample will not just mutate for no reason. The other batch has a potential for change that will conduct all the way to the DNA causing the changes needed to deal with the potential. It may require prototypes but the virgin sample won't do the same.

A better experiment would be to take cuttings from one plant, so they are all clones with the same DNA. Place each in different environment. For example, one clone get too much water and another too little water. Given enough time, future generations will begin to evolve to their environment. One will not get drought tolerance genes forming in the seedlings from the wet environment. Nor will you get high water tolerance genes developing in the seedlings in the drought environment. The environmental potential conducts to the DNA causing changes that allows for a better equilibrium with the environment. There is genetic direction because there is a cause and affect created by the environmental potential.

[kcl0341]

Hi InfiniteNow,

Thank you for your recommendation to the new website "New Scientist". It will be helpful for me to enlarge my vision of things. I totally agree with your thread "Evolution is Fact".

King Lee

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by kcl0341

Hi InfiniteNow,

Thank you for your recommendation to the new website "New Scientist". It will be helpful for me to enlarge my vision of things. I totally agree with your thread "Evolution is Fact".

King Lee

Hi King Lee,

Thank you for your kind message. There are many resources available which can enlarge your vision of things, and I'm glad that you were helped by the link I provided.

Here is another resource that I quite enjoyed.

It is a series of five lectures, each about one hour long. I hope you enjoy these also, and can share them with others who may benefit from knowledge.

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 1: Waking Up in...

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 2: Designed and...

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 3: Climbing Mount...

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 4: The...

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 5: The Genesis of...

Knowledge and an accurate source of information is perhaps one of the greatest gifts that we can give to others.

Be well.

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

It is a series of five lectures, each about one hour long. I hope you enjoy these also, and can share them with others who may benefit from knowledge.


'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 1: Waking Up in the Universe

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 2: Designed and Designoid Objects

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 3: Climbing Mount Improbable

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 4: The Ultraviolet Garden

'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 5: The Genesis of Purpose

Knowledge and an accurate source of information is perhaps one of the greatest gifts that we can give to others.

Be well.

I just finished watching the first one.
Good stuff, thanks for the links IN.

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by freeztar

I just finished watching the first one.
Good stuff

I haven't steered you wrong yet, have I?

They are ALL good, but I think my two favorites are the third one (Climbing Mount Improbable) and the fourth one (The Ultraviolet Garden), where Douglas Adams makes an appearance.

[goku]

Originally Posted by freeztar

A new study has shown a link between T-Rex and...chickens!
Less surprisingly, a link was also found between mastodons and elephants.

it's so funny to hear about what scientists are testing

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by goku

it's so funny to hear about what scientists are testing

Why is it funny?

[REASON]

Originally Posted by freeztar

Why is it funny?

Because for some it's easier to make fun of things than it is to try and understand them.

Remember my comments on the "ego" and anti-intellectualism?

[Euclidean-Paradox]

Originally Posted by freeztar

A new study has shown a link between T-Rex and...chickens!
Less surprisingly, a link was also found between mastodons and elephants. Read more about it here:
Molecular Analysis Confirms Tyrannosaurus Rex's Evolutionary Link To Birds

I actually saw a show about that on the Discovery Science channel. On the show, one of the things they actually did with these chickens was that by activating certain genes they were able to grow teeth and even fangs .