Courtesy of the inimitable yet mono-toned Thunderf00t, author of many an entertaining verbal beat-down of creationism, a simple explanation of why the micro-evolution versus macro-evolution argument is just silly. Plus it’s scored to the theme from Black Beauty, which is always a nice musical bonus :-)
Thunderf00t, bit of a star …
Superb.
This was great
Very good, but I would have reinforced the idea of natural selection, adaptation to environments, stuff like that.
Oh, and excellent music timing!
Brilliant! Sadly, the IDiots won’t understand,
We all know why they won’t, Goddidit.
Suprise ending, love it!
Not crazy about the ending. Looks like humans evolved from chimps rather than having a common ancestor.
I agree, but it’s tough to get photos of common ancestors. ;-)
This is worth watching as well, cdk007 did a simulation that evolved clocks.
Evolution is a blind watchmaker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcAq9bmCeR0
Wow, the Blind Watchmaker video is one of the best illustrations of the principles of evolution that I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing that.
Pay attention creationists: the transitional periods between dominant forms are short.
Seen that one before and it is good … anyone know if the source code is avaiable?
Unclear. The video says you can download the code from a link in the comments. The link in the comments says “program”. I don’t know if the zip file contains the compiled app or the source code, or both. Or a trojan. Hey, I’m the cautious sort.
Two really good videos
And for those who are interested in just one example of evolution happening in an isolated population I would like to propose you have a look into the desert-dwelling elephants of Namibia.
From wiki on their article on Kaokoland
Fauna in Kaokoland suffered from a severe crippling between 1977 and 1982, as well as from poaching throughout the 1970s, but has been recovering afterwards. It includes several desert-dwelling species, most notably a population of desert elephants that are sometimes classified as a distinct subspecies of African elephants because of their shorter legs and specific, desert-adapted behavior (the only other place in Africa where elephants have adapted to a desert environment is Mali, on the border of the Sahara desert). During the dry periods, desert elephants dig deep holes to get water; unlike other elephants, which drink daily, desert elephants have been known to survive without water for up to four days.
Kind of odd to see a four year old video from Thunderf00t posted here. I agree with the monotone description but the truth can tend to be that way much of the time.
I’ve always liked this one to illiustrate evolution – micro and macro: http://www.theatheistrabbi.com/2011/03/micro-evolution-is-macro-evolution.html
I don’t understand the mico vs macro evolution argument. To me it’s a bit like claiming that yes of course I can walk up the road to the shops but that doesn’t mean it’s possible for me to walk to Scotland. Best guess is it’s just another ID argument in the best tradition – muddy the waters without really saying anything.
I think I’ve figured out why the fundies like it. It’s one of those confusing pairs of terms that are highly interrelated but easily seperable. Saying yes to micro but no to macro is consistent with special creation, if you presume the mechanisms for macro are something other than the microevolutionary mechanisms. They aren’t, but saying that generally gets the “a horse always begets a horse” response. I tried pointing to the experiments on e-coli to my dad. His response. “But the later generations were still bacteria right?” Very frustrating.