

Adversity breeds strength -- and perhaps human intelligence


I. Life on the Chaotic Savanna




Tanzania Gorge





II. Adversity Breeds Evolved Intelligence




human intelligence
[Image Source: Pace J. Miller]


Sources: PNAS [1], [2]

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RE: more propaganda
By retrospooty on 12/27/2012 7:07:51 PM , Rating: 2
Don't start up again. You have already been outed as a complete waste of skin in the last evolution article. The debate is over, evolution happened... If you cant accept facts and move on them just STFU and keep your elementary view of life to yourself.

RE: more propaganda
By heerohawwah on 12/28/12, Rating: 0
RE: more propaganda
By retrospooty on 12/28/2012 3:54:13 PM , Rating: 2
"retrospooty, I seem to remember you making a rather racist comment last time too; a very short sighted science about black people evolving from white people...a mutation as you claimed."

Racist? Are you smoking crack? I didn't say Black people evolved from white people. I said we are all the same people. White people's skin is light because as they left
Africa and migrated into Europe and their skin lightened. The UV rays of the sun kill vitamin D and melonin regulates it. That isnt racism, that is the opposite. It is showing that we are all of the same species and our differences are weather related, and nothing else. It also isn't a mental problem its proven science.

"The fact that no one has given me a single answer proves that well enough. "

Just becasue you arent cant grasp it, doesnt mean it hasnt been given to you. As I said before it's been proven many times over . Its not even a debate anymore. Its been proven in the 100's of thousands of fossils found all over the earth, documenting every step of the way from a chimp like ape to modern human EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. Its been proven in our DNA, its been proven via geological evidence as well as archaeological evidence. It has also been witnessed as strains of germs develop resistances antibiotics. It is also proven in human skin color. There is no debate that evolution happened. We may not know how it started, and/or who started it or possibly created the laws of the universe that enabled it but we know it happened.

If you want to have a religious debate, it can be said that a god or whatever created the universe and the laws of physics that allowed evolution to happen. You could even debate that a god created evolution with humans in mind as the end result, but you CANNOT say that evolution didn't happen... It is absolutely 100% proven. IF you think it isnt you need to go back to school, because your bible college has lied to you and given you false talking points to try and discredit proven science.

RE: more propaganda
By Cheesew1z69 on 12/28/2012 4:13:33 PM , Rating: 2
I actually watched a program recently that was talking about aliens as who may have created us due to the portrayal of ancient civilization giving clues to un-earthly beings coming down from the sky.

It was a very interesting show.

RE: more propaganda
By retrospooty on 12/28/2012 4:34:49 PM , Rating: 2
Ancient Aliens? Alot of interesting stuff on that show. Some of its a bit crazy, but alot of it really makes you think.

RE: more propaganda
By Cheesew1z69 on 12/28/2012 4:45:54 PM , Rating: 2
It sure does, and kind of makes some sense. The "aliens" or "god" has "programmed" us.

And they think they still do, buy "uploading" new "data" to us to constantly tweak us.

RE: more propaganda
By retrospooty on 12/28/2012 4:53:36 PM , Rating: 2
Tsoukalos hair really makes you think LOL

RE: more propaganda
By Cheesew1z69 on 12/28/2012 5:01:05 PM , Rating: 1
No shit! That is one crazy lookin dude! :D

RE: more propaganda
By TakinYourPoints on 12/30/2012 5:57:22 AM , Rating: 2
Yeah, makes you think "wow, this is really stupid". ;)

The only ancient aliens that we are probably evolved from are microbes that hitchhiked on a comet that impacted the Earth and seeded life here. Problem is that the theory that life came from homegrown activity on Earth is probably just as (or more) likely, but we don't know for certain, so whatever. We evolved from those humble beginnings in either case.

Intelligent design by a deity or aliens though, both the same nonsense IMHO.

RE: more propaganda
By Piiman on 12/31/2012 4:35:35 PM , Rating: 2
"Some of its a bit crazy"

Yeah like that one guys hair! LOL
I also love how no matter what the subject they always say "Ancient Alien Theorist believe." LOl Just who are these Ancient Alien Theorist and could they be Ancient Alien themself? Something to think about:-)

Hey for all the God people maybe God is just an Alien or the planet earth is just an Alien Zoo and God is the zoo keeper.

RE: more propaganda
By drycrust3 on 12/29/2012 4:42:12 AM , Rating: 1

No, The theory of Evolution is still an unproven theory. It isn't even close to being a credible theory, and every day it gets further and further from the truth. Notice that? It's taking you in the wrong direction! A good theory, which the theory of Evolution isn't a good example of, can be used to make predictions.

RE: more propaganda
By retrospooty on 12/29/2012 7:40:53 AM , Rating: 2
You are wrong. Like i said, we don't know all the details on how it happened, what started it, or why, but we do know that it happened. There are mountains of evidence proving it did happen. We came from Apes that came from earlier primates that came from reptiles that came from the sea etc etc.

RE: more propaganda
By TakinYourPoints on 12/30/2012 6:00:23 AM , Rating: 2
Natural selection has been proven for well over a century. It has absolutely been proven and only gains strength as time goes on.

Holy crap, I didn't know the types of idiotic discussions I've had on DT could range so far and wide. People really still deny this?

RE: more propaganda
By retrospooty on 12/30/2012 10:30:18 AM , Rating: 2
I know. It amazes me that some people are still debating this. They may as well be arguing that the world is flat and that the sun travels across its sky every day. Scary... Just scary.

