Scientists Uncover Common Ancestor of All Mammals

[Zanderinfal]

Lookes like a possum. I approve. Possum grade ossim.

On a serious note, that is pretty cool. Oh, the things science can uncover.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Scientists Uncover Common Ancestor of All Mammals

most common ancestor with other placental mammals

(Same deal over at NYT.)

The koala and echidna lobbies wish to have words with the headline writers' union.

Heh, beat me to it. Mind you, NYT seems to be going for "other mammals" rather than "all other mammals", looks like the Escapist got tripped up by an ambiguous phrase, rather than being deliberately deceptive this time.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

At best, this is an educated guess based on lots of assumptions.

 

[theheroofaction]

Of course, to think of them as right neglects the possibility of convergent evolution.

For those not familiar with the terminology, it's a term that says that similar traits don't all have to come from the same source.

 

[Evil Smurf]

Go science!

Now, where's the Creationist meatbag to decry this as an attack on his religion?

The thing is, as a Christian you accept that God is all powerful, why therefor could evolution not have happened? This annoys me.

The bible does not say how animals were created, does not give much info on creation at all. Why not the big bang and evolution? #rant

 

[Abomination]

Go science!

Now, where's the Creationist meatbag to decry this as an attack on his religion?

The thing is, as a Christian you accept that God is all powerful, why therefor could evolution not have happened? This annoys me.

The bible does not say how animals were created, does not give much info on creation at all. Why not the big bang and evolution? #rant

Because Genesis says that God created animals on one day, all at once and then made man on the next day. Then 6000 years later it's today.

Also, not all Christians are Creationists. It's usually the fundies who get all up in arms about it.

 

[Evil Smurf]

Because Genesis says that God created animals on one day, all at once and then made man on the next day. Then 6000 years later it's today.

Also, not all Christians are Creationists. It's usually the fundies who get all up in arms about it.

No, while I am a Christian I don't deny science. Genesis is written like a poem and was written to the Israelites who where not overly scientific so writing science to them does not make sense.