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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
I got the point that you were trying to be a smart ass and failed spectacularly, yes. Then I view that as a reflection of your general scientific knowledge overall. Which says that you don't know what you are talking about to question evolution.
The distinction between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is considered to be the most important distinction among groups of organisms...
Prokaryotes were the only form of life on Earth for millions of years until more complicated eukaryotic cells came into being through the process of evolution.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Bone75
Ok...? What are you trying to tell me here? Dropping a science lesson on me with no context is confusing.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Bone75
Ok...? What are you trying to tell me here? Dropping a science lesson on me with no context is confusing.
I think his point was "see, pykaryotes once turned into Eukaryotes! You said that wasn't possible"
But what we're actually saying is it doesn't occur in a single generation. Notice how it took millions of years, as did dinosaurs to birds
originally posted by: peter vlar
a reply to: Bone75
If that made no Sense to you then perhaps you should get yourself a basic Bio 101 book and familiarize yourself with some of the basics concerning cell biology. In the earlier example, Ghost tried to explain to you that bacteria are Prokaryotic and why a prokaryot doesn't become something else, specifically a eukaryotic organism, which includes all plants and animals living today. The Prokaryotes already underwent that mutation at a time in earths geological history that was conducive to such a mutation. Conditions are drastically different now.
But it's a completely different thing though to add a cellular membrane, a nucleus and a jump to multicellular organisms in the jump from prokaryotes to Eukaryotes. It's a much easier jump to double the number of cells from 2 to 4 than it is to add a nucleus and membrane. Likewise, it was over 70 MA between the first mammals and the appearance of primates. You sound like you want to see Cyanobacteria grow legs and walk itself out of the agar within a few generations. That's just not how it works.
This is dumbed down enough that it should make sense
www.diffen.com...
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: peter vlar
Yeah. It's pretty hard to duplicate the conditions of the planet 4.6 billion years ago. You know since no one was alive and all to record what they were like?
originally posted by: Bone75
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: peter vlar
Yeah. It's pretty hard to duplicate the conditions of the planet 4.6 billion years ago. You know since no one was alive and all to record what they were like?
Yet you can tell me with complete confidence what was alive and what wasn't 4.6 billion years ago.
LOL go figure.
And yes, I am aware that this is a trap, but I'm so curious to see where you go with it that I just couldn't help myself.
originally posted by: Bone75
a reply to: peter vlar
How long has our particular species been on this Earth?