Re:3.8M-year-old skull of an early ape-like human ancestor d...
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:39AM
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> what if the current genetic diversity on Earth is the result of genetic engineering by ancient aliums? [sic]
For purposes of explaining the last 4 million years of human evolution, it’s irrelevant whether conscious or unguided phenomena created forms even as recent as mammals.
> You're assuming a simplistic darwinist model that we already know isn't true
No, nobody is.
Retroviral horizontal transfer is fascinating, but it’s one of many mutation vectors. At the scale of speciation, the specific way a mutation arises can be largely ignored. (Creationism aside.)
For purposes of explaining the last 4 million years of human evolution, it’s irrelevant whether conscious or unguided phenomena created forms even as recent as mammals.
> You're assuming a simplistic darwinist model that we already know isn't true
No, nobody is.
Retroviral horizontal transfer is fascinating, but it’s one of many mutation vectors. At the scale of speciation, the specific way a mutation arises can be largely ignored. (Creationism aside.)