Science, Creation & EvolutionNoah and the DelugeI've been a way for a while, and I've been reading both creationist's books and books by evolutionists. No. It would simply mean that single celled organisms found a way to be more successful in a group than alone. The first 'multi-celled' colony did not have livers, kidneys, lungs, or even a heart. When you're in a group, and you divide you tasks, you are capable of so much more. The Portuguse Man-of-War is such a colony of simple creatures, that are capable of killing creatures far larger than themselves. They have no brain, no heart or any other 'vital organ' as we would call them, but they are alive. And they are successfu.l Jellyfish are (according to the evolutionist view) older then any landgoing animal and ever older than fish. They are representative of HOW complex multi-celled life forms must have started. Even today, we can clearly see that a Man-of-War is made up of three distinct types of cells: Those that sting (and form tentacles), those that reproduce, and those that digest. To come back to your assumtion, Spunky; you said this: "... If this is true all the cells in our body in fact in any organism would have had to evolve at the exact same moment in time, come together in a perfect symbiotic relationship with all the peices in the right place or die." If we assume that the earlier life forms develloped in the same manner as the Portuguese man-of-war, than they consisted of groups of single celled organisms that perform only one task. Such a task could be 'stinging'. They sting everything that hits them, and are fed in return by other cells. By feeding cells (we have blood to provide each and every cell with oxygen for example) we can make them do 'unusual things.' They will perform one task for their entire life(span), because in return, they are safe and are fed. Let's not forget the most important task of a life form: reproduction! All of our cells grow from one cell (male sperm + female egg cell), so when offspring is produces, the DNA signature of ever single cell is combined with that of the partner. (Every cell has the same DNA!) What better way of life could single celled organisms come up with?! - Hemoglobine brings oxygen to each and every cell - Nutrients are filtered from our stomaches and intenstines to feed our cells - Because every cell of our body has the same DNA, the genetic profile of each cell is passed on when offspring in produced Voìla, every basic instict (of plant or animal!) is fulfilled in multi-celled organisms! More complex organs like eyes, livers, stomaches etc. would have come eventually. 'Photo-sensative cells' are small groups of cells that are particulary sensative to (sun)light. They can let an organism know whether it is day or night. If later generations of this species devellops a more precise way of determing the amount of light, than this would increase their chances of survival. (Shadow of a predator or shadow of a tree?) This process will eventually lead to what we know as 'eyes,' but it would also mean that every species before us had eyes that allowed it to at least survive and reproduce. (If this hadn't been the case, creatures with eyes would have died out along the way) Eyes DID evolve 'step-by-step' but were all variations of fully functional eyes, OR were photo-sensative cells that worked well enough to let the species survive. Eyes did not not lack essential parts along the way. Scientists believe that the eye has develloped at least 40 and perhaps ever 60 times SEPERATELY! Every eye -INCLUDING OUR OWN- is a transitional form between what was before, what is now and what will be... Evolution was, is and will be as well. * (It only had a Dutch title, but in English the title would be "It doesn't make sense." Author is David Sörenson) |
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