A big problem for Evolution?

[Turboyoshi]

Originally Posted by brothaice

Hmm...Evolution....Well, if we evolved from apes, why are there still apes? With everything else that has "evolved," the weaker counterpart has died off. Hmm...

Yep, that pretty much explains a few things. The accuracy of the image is unknown, but still.

Now someone is going to say, "How do you know that those fossils are real?"
Well, for 1, if someone did forge the fossils, it would be found out. After the incident in the 1920s, where the skeleton of an early humanoid was faked, i would think that the scientists would test the fossils before verifying whether they are true or not. And 2, the fossils definitely give more basis than a book that i'm not even sure is true.

The thing with Natural Selection and Darwins theory of evolution, is that people don't just spontaneously aquire a new trait, (Except in the case of mutation during Meiosis at the embryonic stage). The point is that it is supposed to take a long time. Take for example, the marine iguana on the Galapagos islands. The land is inhospitable, but the sea is rich and plenty, so the Iguanas that were best suited to swim survived, and they passed that down onto their offspring, and so on for thousands and millions of years. In the case of whales, they share common ancestors with land dwelling Tetrapods.

Again, the accuracy of the image is unknown.

Probably it started out with a Tetropod that was forced into the water, and as time went by, the legs receded into almost nothingness, and arms became fins, and tails became the flippers.

The Hardy-Weinberg Genetic Equilibrium theory states that Allele frequencies in a population tend to remain the same from generation to generation unless acted on by outside influences. This is where Adaptation fits in. Organisms only Adapt if prompted to do so because of changing conditions. For example, a flock of birds gets blown off course and lands on an island where there are small flowers instead of bigger flowers like the birds were used to. So the birds with smaller beaks were the ones that would survive and pass it on to the next generation. Someone is probably going to ask, or already has, "Why haven't humans evolved if all these creatures have?"

Well, because for 1, we are one of the only species, or the only species that has the ability to manipulate our environment incredibly well. Because of advances in technology and basic knowledge, we have pretty much gained the ability to mold our environment to our will. 2nd, we could be evolving as we speak, we just wouldn't know it, because it is something that takes place over millions of years.

I'm sorry, i've been learning about Evolution and darwinism in Biology, and i had to get that out :P