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[ QUOTE ] The intelligent designer created man and the races about 8000 years ago. Genetic mutations and evolution is just a theory. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ]It's not a strawman argument when by all accounts the majority of Americans think someone created us in our present form. http://www.pollingreport.com/science.htm |
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It's not a strawman argument when by all accounts the majority of Americans think someone created us in our present form. [/ QUOTE ] Genetic mutation, as far as I know, is not contested all that much. We can observe mutation. Even micro-evolution can be observed. That makes his statment a strawman. |
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. Some scientists suggest that lighter skin offered a strong survival advantage for people who migrated out of Africa by boosting their levels of bone-strengthening vitamin D; others have posited that its novelty and showiness simply made it more attractive to those seeking mates.
Where the white women at? |
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. Some scientists suggest that lighter skin offered a strong survival advantage for people who migrated out of Africa by boosting their levels of bone-strengthening vitamin D; others have posited that its novelty and showiness simply made it more attractive to those seeking mates. Where the white women at? [/ QUOTE ]Those are only 2 of like 9 reasons white skin may have developed in some populations. White skin produces more vitamin D which is needed where there is less sunlight, melanin also is more energy-expensive, dark skin provides resistance to UV radiation (sunburned babies are no good), many of the alleles that contribute to light skin also contribute to light-colored eyes, which can see better in darker environments, there's sexual selection, a weak theory that darker skin is better for jungle environments (camouflage), and a couple more that I forget. I think dark skin dissipates heat better too, but I don't remember exactly. |
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