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Science: Macaque Monkey Goes Totally Bipedal
Freshly Exhumed writes "Add another bonus point for the
Darwinians/evolutionists. A macaque at the Safari Park Zoo in Ramat Gan,
Israel has recovered from a near-fatal illness in an unusual way: she has
switched exclusively to walking on her hind legs. Given theories of human
history that stress the effect of disease on events and changes, as in
William H. McNeill's Plagues and Peoples, what if an illness was the cause
of the shift to bipedal motion by our evolutionary ancestors, and rote
imitation by offspring or another set of circumstances locked it in? No
matter, this could be a fascinating study of the macaque's altered brain
functions."
[URL]http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2004/07/21/monkey_israel040721.html[/URL]
Freshly Exhumed writes "Add another bonus point for the
Darwinians/evolutionists. A macaque at the Safari Park Zoo in Ramat Gan,
Israel has recovered from a near-fatal illness in an unusual way: she has
switched exclusively to walking on her hind legs. Given theories of human
history that stress the effect of disease on events and changes, as in
William H. McNeill's Plagues and Peoples, what if an illness was the cause
of the shift to bipedal motion by our evolutionary ancestors, and rote
imitation by offspring or another set of circumstances locked it in? No
matter, this could be a fascinating study of the macaque's altered brain
functions."
[URL]http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2004/07/21/monkey_israel040721.html[/URL]
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That's one down. Sort of..
Light wrote:
> Any danger of my questions being answered by the way?
You've been drinking again.
> Any danger of my questions being answered by the way?
You've been drinking again.
What YH said..
Christ, put some armour on that monkey and you've got Planet of the Apes! How cool would that be!
Quiet you, or I'll start talking about the Babel Fish.
I smite thee oh faithless one...
Light wrote:
>I believe in a higher power, I just don't believe it's relevant to my everyday life.
Snap.
I feel that everyone's life is different, so how can one set of rules (i.e. the bible) apply to everyone? Ok, the basics are the same, no murder etc. But everyone deals with different situations in different ways. That's the way people learn - by experiencing stuff.
If the bible/rules of any religion limit what people can do, then we won't learn. If we don't learn, we don't adapt. If we don't adapt, we don't evolve.
Hmmm. Why do I get the feeling I'll read this back and it won't make any sense...
Still, I'll plough on anyway. I think that most people behave the way the bible says anyway. There's only one major thing that I can think of, with my limited knowledge of the bible, and that's sex before marriage. Oh, and gays.
But apart from that, I reckon that the majority of people won't be pi$$ing him upstairs off that much at the moment. But maybe I'm being a bit naive...
>I believe in a higher power, I just don't believe it's relevant to my everyday life.
Snap.
I feel that everyone's life is different, so how can one set of rules (i.e. the bible) apply to everyone? Ok, the basics are the same, no murder etc. But everyone deals with different situations in different ways. That's the way people learn - by experiencing stuff.
If the bible/rules of any religion limit what people can do, then we won't learn. If we don't learn, we don't adapt. If we don't adapt, we don't evolve.
Hmmm. Why do I get the feeling I'll read this back and it won't make any sense...
Still, I'll plough on anyway. I think that most people behave the way the bible says anyway. There's only one major thing that I can think of, with my limited knowledge of the bible, and that's sex before marriage. Oh, and gays.
But apart from that, I reckon that the majority of people won't be pi$$ing him upstairs off that much at the moment. But maybe I'm being a bit naive...
Your Honour wrote:
> No worries mate :-)
Thanks. Appreciated!
>
> Anyhoo, for what it's worth, I reckon that the is some kind of higher
> being, who set us up, and started us off, and then
> "nature/evoution" (for want of a better word) took over.
Oddly, that's broadly what I believe too. I believe in a higher power, I just don't believe it's relevant to my everyday life.
> No worries mate :-)
Thanks. Appreciated!
>
> Anyhoo, for what it's worth, I reckon that the is some kind of higher
> being, who set us up, and started us off, and then
> "nature/evoution" (for want of a better word) took over.
Oddly, that's broadly what I believe too. I believe in a higher power, I just don't believe it's relevant to my everyday life.
Forest Fan wrote:
> Mumbai Duck wrote:
> Now that I've thought about it, what happens if a fundamentalist
> christian plays ISS Pro Evo ?
> Is it blasphamy? 3 hail-marys for every hour of play, or held back
> for half an hour after choir practice? *Shudders*
>
> Humorous point. I've never before owned a Pro Evo, but I've ordererd
> number 4 as a GAD. I didn't really realise the title to a little
> while longer when I just said it and realised it said 'Pro Evolution'
> - my solution is simple I just don't go around saying the whole name.
> It's not a big deal to me, because it's just a game.
That's the most anal answer Ive ever seen to anything. And we all know what God thinks of bummers...
> Mumbai Duck wrote:
> Now that I've thought about it, what happens if a fundamentalist
> christian plays ISS Pro Evo ?
> Is it blasphamy? 3 hail-marys for every hour of play, or held back
> for half an hour after choir practice? *Shudders*
>
> Humorous point. I've never before owned a Pro Evo, but I've ordererd
> number 4 as a GAD. I didn't really realise the title to a little
> while longer when I just said it and realised it said 'Pro Evolution'
> - my solution is simple I just don't go around saying the whole name.
> It's not a big deal to me, because it's just a game.
That's the most anal answer Ive ever seen to anything. And we all know what God thinks of bummers...
No worries mate :-)
I probably should have read through the whole thread, but I just don't seem to have as much time as I'd like on here any more.
Perhaps I got a bit narked because of the number of religious threads about recently. Who knows.
Anyhoo, for what it's worth, I reckon that the is some kind of higher being, who set us up, and started us off, and then "nature/evoution" (for want of a better word) took over.
I probably should have read through the whole thread, but I just don't seem to have as much time as I'd like on here any more.
Perhaps I got a bit narked because of the number of religious threads about recently. Who knows.
Anyhoo, for what it's worth, I reckon that the is some kind of higher being, who set us up, and started us off, and then "nature/evoution" (for want of a better word) took over.
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