Actually, I'm just curious to find out if they're going to test the mother's DNA and find out if she's a mutation with an extra chromosome or is missing one, or what.
Take THAT, "We have no proof of evolution" wackjobs!
That would be "we have proof of no evolution" wackjobs. Since a species always has an even number of chromosomes, changing to a new species with a different number of chromosomes (like from human to chimp) would require that two chromosomes mutated in the same individual, and not only that, but the same two chromosomes. And then again in another nearby individual of the opposite sex. Which obviously happens never ever. This is simple high school science. Unfortunately, the universe never took high school, and so we have all these species all over the place.
changing to a new species with a different number of chromosomes (like from human to chimp) would require that two chromosomes mutated in the same individual, and not only that, but the same two chromosomes. And then again in another nearby individual of the opposite sex.
You forgot the "duh, I eat poop" at the end of your amusing, but totally incorrect strawman, Magnus.
Ahh yes, another one. They have been known to happen, though they themselves are just as infertile as the parents which keeps them from being a viable species.
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Date: 2007-07-29 12:12 am (UTC)Actually, I'm just curious to find out if they're going to test the mother's DNA and find out if she's a mutation with an extra chromosome or is missing one, or what.
Take THAT, "We have no proof of evolution" wackjobs!
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Date: 2007-07-29 11:45 am (UTC)Since a species always has an even number of chromosomes, changing to a new species with a different number of chromosomes (like from human to chimp) would require that two chromosomes mutated in the same individual, and not only that, but the same two chromosomes. And then again in another nearby individual of the opposite sex. Which obviously happens never ever. This is simple high school science. Unfortunately, the universe never took high school, and so we have all these species all over the place.
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Date: 2007-07-29 02:05 pm (UTC)You forgot the "duh, I eat poop" at the end of your amusing, but totally incorrect strawman, Magnus.
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Date: 2007-07-29 02:48 pm (UTC)Also, I don't think an argument counts as a straw man if you set fire to it while presenting it. Wouldn't that be a Guy (Fawkes)?
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Date: 2007-07-29 02:50 pm (UTC)(And I started the "duh, I eat poop" thing, but I've seen other people using it, and it makes me happy.)
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Date: 2007-07-29 02:27 am (UTC)Portents aren't what they used to be.
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Date: 2007-07-29 09:01 pm (UTC)I love biology.
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