Monday, May 12, 2008

Evolution

Whole theory of Evolution is a big mystery.There has been a lot of conflict between religious groups and scientific community.There is no doubting that Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest apply to all populations and cannot be ignored yet there are some conflicts which i have decided not to mention.

Evolution is a broader term used for adaptations made by a species/living being over a period of time for many generations.The adaptations alter the species so much that the offspring is considered to be a different species altogether.But is it really.....?
First there were single celled organisms.....then multi celled organisms evolved from them....If we consider before that mitochondrion (organelles responsible for oxidation) were a different than the cell......over a period of time they developed a symbiotic relationship with the cell and became a part of it.......k...this is not a science article but had to include the basics.

There is one video by Fat Boy Slim which shows the stages of evolution and in the end an Urban male is shown just relaxing.......It is estimated that about 95% of our DNA is Junk DNA(with no function-just redundant segments) its just an estimation.....probably so much of evolution has used up the DNA or maybe just 1% of the Master molecule has been used and rest if for future adaptations.....
Now the average human has evolved so much in such short duration....it would be beyond comprehension for a human living before 17th century or so to understand the things around ....Just imagine there wasnt even electricity that time.....

One of the most fascinating symbiotic relations is that of a Man and Dog......Somehow it shows the power of Humans over other living beings.....we all know that Wolves are ancestors of Dogs...Man tamed these wild wolves and over many thousand years or so this part of the wolf population adapted and evolved to a new species i.e Dog.Now dogs can be trained by humans to do many things....even help the blind when walking......This also in part conveys a message regarding why humans are here.....and it has nothing to do about pondering over how humans evolved......
This is undoubtedly my most contradicting post.

1 comment:

Meshrum said...

Hmmm... the most debatable subject of all time.