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EVOLUTION
FAQ's INDEX
Talk.origins is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to
the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins. Most
discussions in the newsgroup center on the creation/evolution controversy,
but other topics of discussion include the origin of life, geology,
biology, catastrophism, cosmology and theology.
http://www.talkorigins.org/
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/origin.html
(ONLINE COPY)
On The Origin of
Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured
Races in the Struggle for Life (First Edition by Charles Darwin)
What is evolution?
Introduction
to Evolutionary Biology
Evolution is a
Fact and a Theory
What is evolution?
What evidence is
there that evolution has occurred?
Field observations,
fossils and genetic evidence. The study is saturated with evidence, here is just a small snippit.
Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions
Fossil Hominids The Evidence
for Human Evolution
Evolution
from clay?
Evolution
from clay (part II),
Evidence
for Evolution.
How could a random
process like evolution produce the exquisite forms of life we see
today?
There's more to evolution than randomness.
I
don't believe in evolution
Is the
evolution of intelligence inevitable? Can evolutionary theory be extended?
The "Joseph" files.
Defining
evolution
Evolutionary
Theory
How could DNA arise
spontaneously?
Evolution.
How did the first little critters formed know to
reproduce?
Evolution
Does anyone know of current theories about how DNA
formed into a reliable genetic coding system?
Does any one have
opinions (informed or otherwise) on the chances of finding life on Europa,
in the atmosphere of Jupiter, or (as remains) on Mars?
Would it be
possible that life might restart from scratch on earth somewhere today, in
much the same way that it initially started?
Life
and DNA
Why is it that dogs can see only in monochrome and cats
can see in colour? What is the evolutionary reasoning behind this?
ANSWER
Didn't Darwin
renounce evolution on his deathbed?
The Darwin deathbed
story is false. And in any case, it is irrelevant. A scientific theory
stands or falls according to how well it is supported by the facts, not
according to who believes it.
The Lady Hope Story: A Widespread
Falsehood
Are entropy and evolution
compatible; the first tending to decrease order, the second tending to
increase order?
Entropy
and Evolution
It's interesting how
children from parents of a different culture can, when raised in another
culture, adapt to it. Do you think, that the reason for this adaptation is
that all cultures are determined by the characteristics of our biological
brains?
Does
human culture have a biological basis?
Does our complexity really make us superior? 95% of all
living creatures that have walked the Earth at some time in our history
are now extinct. One day, this too could be us. But bacteria will survive
while life remains possible on Earth.
Human
arrogance
It occurred to us that bees
are poorly evolved (if that has any meaning). What is the point of having
a defence mechanism that kills the user upon use?. Surely it is possible
to evolve a better defense mechanism.?.
Are
bees poorly evolved?
How do
complementary things evolve, especially things like sex
organs?
Complementary
Evolution
Could a single celled plant
evolve into a single celled animal?
Could a single celled animal
evolve into a single celled plant?
Is there a point of no return in
evolution?
ANSWER
What is the Baldwin
Effect?
Baldwin
Effect
Baldwin
Effect
Lamarckian
experiments
Genetic
memory
http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/
About the Human Origins
Program (Smithsonian Institution)
http://www.biozone.co.uk/biolinks/HUMAN_EVOLUTION.html
Overview of
Human Evolution
http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/pce.html
Evolution of the
Brain Group Selection Evolution of Signs and Language Sociality and
Evolution Evolution and Consciousness
If humans evolved from apes, why don't we see apes
evolving today?
Humans and apes evolved from a common
ancestor. Evolution is continuing today.
Evolutionary
lineage,
Ape/Human
evolution.
Has human evolution
stopped?
Slowing
down Evolution
Modern
Evolution
Evolution
When
did we stop evolving?
Evolution.
Lamarckian
evolution and epigenetics
Savannah
Theory
ANSWER
The Origin of Modern Humans:
Multiregional and Replacement Theories
Models of the origin
and dispersal of Homo sapiens
Aquatic
Ape Theory?
Aquatic Ape
Theory Info
Aquatic
Ape Theory 1
Aquatic
Ape Theory 2
Why did early man walked
upright.?
Upwardly
Mobile Apes
HOW
MAN BEGAN New evidence shows that early humans left Africa much sooner
than once thought. Did Homo sapiens evolve in many places at once?
THE RNA WORLD THEORY
THE RNA WORLD
THEORY states that during the evolution of life on Earth, RNA was the
precursor molecule (i.e. came before DNA/RNA/PROTEIN) of basic biochemical
functions for early life forms.
RNA WORLD THEORY states that the
earliest molecule of life was RNA as RNA can serve the dual role of
storing genetic information (like DNA) AND catalyzing chemical reactions
(like enzymes) including chemical reactions for self replication of RNA
molecules.
So what happened later on in time? Later these RNA
molecules acquired a cell membrane.
RNA WORLD THEORY tries to
explain that as time progressed, RNA catalyzed the formation of peptide
bonds between amino acids to form proteins. Later on, enzymes became more
efficient in catalyzing chemical reactions and enzymes took over the role
of these reactions. Later, DNA took over the role of genetic information
storage (the hard drive for the genes!). RNA acts as a intermediary of
genetic information inside the cell. This leads us to the present Central
Dogma of Genetics format seen in most life forms on Earth
WHAT IS THE
RNA WORLD THEORY?
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