What did it reproduce with?
Maybe because there are more vocal non-religious people here than religious people here?Why is a thread about evolution in the Religion forum? There couldn't be an agenda here, could there?
See many of the other threads currently on here. That question is being answered in many different ways (just like the topic of this one).The same could be asked of Adam and Eve's kids
The same could be asked of Adam and Eve's kids
See many of the other threads currently on here. That question is being answered in many different ways (just like the topic of this one).
Short - we don't really know, but we have good guesses.
Longer - well, maybe this, maybe that, who knows and who cares.
The answer given above answers how asexual reproduction could occur. The question being asked is how did single cell division reproduction turn into sexual reproduction. At some point, there had to become a male and female of an living thing. In a mutation/evolution environment, when the first male (or female) came to be, who did that mutated sexual creature reproduce with to survive that species?
Well, we need another of the species, the opposite sex, to do that. We can't do it alone (see, that's the basic premise of Marie's question).How do we (EVERYday) go from a single cell, to a being that lives and breathes and can reproduce?
Evolution is predicated on mutations. Unless, you think there's some mechanism that says "hey, this species needs a third arm" and miraculously (pun intended for humor purposes only) the species begins to form a third arm. No, the theory is predicated on mutations "improving" the survivability of the species, and these mutated/bettered individuals survive more strongly than their unmutated predecessors.I would think that once the species started evolving and producing 'mutants' that could reproduce, as time went on the mutation/ evolution become more prevelant, until a point in time, the only new generations were generations that could reproduce. BUT I think we need to differntiate mutation from evolution.. Evolution is all encompassing, while mutation maybe around forever, it doesn't effect an entire species (albino squirrels for example)
The answer given above answers how asexual reproduction could occur. The question being asked is how did single cell division reproduction turn into sexual reproduction. At some point, there had to become a male and female of an living thing. In a mutation/evolution environment, when the first male (or female) came to be, who did that mutated sexual creature reproduce with to survive that species?
The same could be asked of Adam and Eve's kids
Understand your point, butWell, we need another of the species, the opposite sex, to do that. .
You make an interesting point. I'll have to remember that the next time an atheist asks me about Cain's wife, or mankind's free will, or where God came from before the Creation - "look it up, don't start a discussion about it here."These are basic biology questions. If you're really interested, take a class.
This thread wasn't started because anyone has a genuine interest in biology. Your questions aren't based on a genuine interest in how reproduction involved. If the questions were genuine, you'd do the research yourself rather than trying to start an argument in the Religion forum.
Marie started this thread to start an argument, most likely because she had read something on another site about how to shut down her "evolutionist friends." It appears that Tirdun's response immediately shut her down instead, or she would have replied by now. She's probably researching now and will pop up with an "I gotcha" to stump the "evolutionists."
You're comparing the growth of a single cell into a multi-celled being with the evolution of a species from pre-horse-and-human-and-whale to horse, human, and whale?Understand your point, but
Reproduction wasn't my point, but the evolution of the embryo from a single cell to living breathing human being that can reproduce.
You make an interesting point. I'll have to remember that the next time an atheist asks me about Cain's wife, or mankind's free will, or where God came from before the Creation - "look it up, don't start a discussion about it here."
There've been very, very few times I've thought someone actually wanted to discuss things from different points of view, with respect for each other, on here. I suspect you feel the same. I've seen people attack each other pretty vigorously, and when proven wrong, just ignore the proof.If they're only looking to argue without actually looking for knowledge, that's a very good idea.
As a parent, I (like you must have, or you wouldn't have said as much to him as you did - looking up his court cases and address and such) took JPC personally. Hating most anything he said for it's shere idiocy became part and parcel with his horrific concepts of parenting.Of course, as you proved with JPC, you cannot resist the argument no matter how pointless.
The answer given above answers how asexual reproduction could occur. The question being asked is how did single cell division reproduction turn into sexual reproduction. At some point, there had to become a male and female of an living thing. In a mutation/evolution environment, when the first male (or female) came to be, who did that mutated sexual creature reproduce with to survive that species?
Mutations don't destroy genes. They may be advantageous, detrimental or (in most cases) do nothing. One example of a detrimental mutation is our inability to synthesize vitamin C. We share this mutation (in the exact same bit of genetic code) with other primates. In fact, a number of mammals cannot synthesize vitamin C, others have apparently lost and regained the ability. Odd bit of design, there.Mutations exsist, we lose genes
If there's variation, what's to stop continued variation? Change a poodle through reprodution enough times to where it is genetically incompatible with other dogs and is it still a dog? Continue that until it looks like something else, something as far from a Labrador as a fox or bear and has it changed species yet? What stops it from being a new species anyway?get varriants of speices like a poodle from the dog species.
Of course you can. Duplication is fairly common. As soon as one of those duplicates changes further, you've created new information. There are already examples of "new" genetics, bacteria that consume synthetic material (nylon, plastics) are a perfect example of new genetic function.Evolution suggest the oppsite that we somehow gain genetic information
There are no real "transition" species. All species are transitions between what was and what will be. If you find a transitional fossil, it means you've found something between two species already known and adding "transitional" lets other biologists know what you think you've found.creating tranisitionary species and thats just not true!
This is a very good theory, and answers the question with truth - we don't know, but we have a theory. (If this is the gist of what you were saying previously, I apologize - I didn't get it from that post)Evolution in asexual reproduction is limited to genetic mutation and genetic drift but still present.
Boiled down, the first sexual reproduction was likely within the same organism, then across organisms.