Question:
significance of taphonomy in human evolution?
dollface
2006-04-04 22:14:31 UTC
significance of taphonomy in human evolution?
Three answers:
hutson
2006-04-07 10:36:53 UTC
There is no significance.Darwin's theory of evolution hasn't been proven, in fact most evidence proves otherwise. A lot of scientists don't believe in evolution. There is no more evidence to support Darwin's theory of evolution today than there was when Darwin came up with the theory. I don't see how anyone could believe in evolution because there isn't enough evidence to support it. Science itself refutes Darwinism.



• According to the theory of evolution, at some time in the distant past there was no life in the universe -- just elements and chemical compounds. Somehow, these chemicals combined and came to life.



• However, scientists don't really know how life came to be. Even Stanley Miller, whose experiments are cited in most biology text books, says that the origin of life is still unknown. The idea that dead material can come to life all by itself is not consistent with scientific observation.



• The leading mathematicians in the century met with some evolutionary biologists and confronted them with the fact that, according to mathematical statistics, the probabilities for a cell or a protein molecule coming into existence were nil. They even constructed a model on a large computer and tried to figure out the possibilities of such a cell ever happening. The result was zero possibility! - Wistar Institute



• Professor Edwin Conklin observed, "The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the Unabridged Dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop."



• Under normal circumstances, creatures give birth to the same kind of creatures. It is established scientific fact that like begets like. On rare instances, the DNA in an embryo is damaged, resulting in a mutant child that differs in some respect from its parent. Although a few mutations have been scientifically observed that are beneficial, most mutations produce inferior offspring. For the theory of evolution to be true, there must be a fantastic number of creative mutations that produce new kinds of offspring which are better suited for survival, and therefore are favored by natural selection.



• Darwinists claim that the reptile-to-mammal evolution is well documented. But for reptiles to evolve into mammals at least some of these transformations must have happened:

• Scales had to have mutated into hair.

• Breasts had to have evolved from nothing.

• Externally laid eggs had to evolve into soft-shelled eggs that were nourished by an umbilical cord and placenta in a womb.



• It has never been observed in any laboratory that mutations can cause one species to turn into another. Despite this, evolutionists believe that given enough time, some animals will eventually evolve into other creatures.



• Evolutionists claim that although we have not actually observed these things happening, that does not mean that they are impossible. They say it simply means they are extremely improbable. Evolutionists think the world has been around long enough for all these highly improbable things to happen.



• Sir Fred Hoyle, of Cambridge University stated that statistically the chances of one cell evolving was the same as a tornado passing through a junkyard and giving you a fully functional Boeing 747.

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/arguments.shtml



* Scientific evidence casts serious doubts on the theory of evolution, for example:



* The Fossil Record (Updated 3 July, 2005)

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/fossil.htm



* Living "Fossils"

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/living.htm



* The Cambrian Explosion

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/explosion.htm



* New T.Rex Discoveries (Updated 10 June, 2005)

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/t-rex.htm



* "Missing Links"

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/misslinks.htm



* The Big Bang

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/bigbang.htm



* Anthropic Principle

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/anthropic.htm



* Irreducible complexity

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/irreducible.htm



* Biological Evidence

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/biology.htm



* The Moon

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/moon.htm



* Earth's Fight Against Solar Attacks

http://www.straight-talk.net/evolution/earthfight.htm
?
2006-04-07 03:43:24 UTC
I think the word you want is taxonomy, not taphonomy. Taxonomy is a method of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships. The key word word here is presumed as many of these relationships are now being proven inaccurate. Myself I think it may well be time to bite the bullet and write Taxonomy out the text books, even if it a useful teaching tool for middle school teachers.



Oh the answer to your question is taxonomy has almost nothing to do with human evolution or any evoluion for the taxonomy scheme assumes nature is locked down and unchanging. It is also egocentric, assuming all organisms aspire to be like man.
?
2016-12-13 13:57:49 UTC
you ought to study all the different situations in historic past the position non secular idea conflicted with technological know-how and faith became shown proper. enable's see, human beings used to believe earthquakes were brought about by potential of offended gods, then they got here across plate tectonics. i wager technological know-how received that one. Then they believed demons and evil spirits brought about ailment, till they got here across micro organism and germs. Darn, technological know-how became right on that too. contained in the middle a lengthy time period the Christian Church formally promoted the doctrine of preformation, which pronounced that embryos were tiny pre-formed those that grew contained in the womb. Oh wait, technological know-how got here alongside and proved the entire DNA element, with embryos starting up out as a unmarried cellular. Wow, it is extra sturdy than i assumed. i comprehend there could be a at the same time as in historic past the position faith became shown proper. Witches? No. an outstanding sort of so pronounced as witches in Europe became out to be those who unknowingly ate a hallucinagenic fungus that grew on wheat... i comprehend, the sunlight revolves around the earth! Oh wait, even the Catholics ultimately admitted they were incorrect on that one (no matter if it did take them till the Sixties). The earth is purely 6000 years old? No, that has been disproven by potential of numerous distinct and unrelated medical measures. Comets foreshadow supernatural activities? Nope. they go back and forth in fastened and predictable orbits. The Bible Code? No, shown a hoax. No evolution? Oh wait, we can actual see evolution occurring in micro organism, as well to the overpowering and conclusive evidence contained in the fossil record (at the same time with an outstanding sort of "transitional fossils" for all you head-in-the sanders). Sorry, i'm effective there could be a at the same time as at the same time as a non secular idea triumphed over technological know-how, yet i won't be able to imagine of any...


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