Good answer On Jan 3, 2014 3:01 PM, "Judah McAuley" <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote:
> > Yes, very odd that the success of single cell organisms would mean that > there would continue to be single cell organisms. I mean, look at the > success of 4 legs. Surely that would mean that 6 legs are totally passe` > and doomed to extinction. > > For anyone that actually wants an answer to Sam's idiocy, the reason why > there are still single cell organisms is that single cell structures work. > A more complex (read "evolved") species that had, say, two cells could > still coexist beside the single cell organisms it evolved from. A new > species does not automatically have to compete/displace the existing > species. In fact, speciation usually occurs due to natural selection > involved with forces that would preclude such competition. Like, for > instance, a population of animals that colonize a new island in a rare > "founder" event and subsequently experience different selection forces and > evolve differently than the ancestor species which is still happily doing > it's existence thing and evolution thing back on the home range. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Not every instance of every organism would have the same mutations. > > > > Not all mutations would dictate that those without them would perish. > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I was wondering if life on earth started from one single cell organism > in > > > the sea. Seems odd that we'd still have single cell forms of life with > > all > > > this evolution going on. On big happy family. > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Really Tim its all over the place, > > > > > > > > start here: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transitional_fossils > > > > > > > > And what do you mean by missing link? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369110 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
