Fw: Student perceptions re evolution

From: Jay Willingham (jaywillingham@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 11:42:13 EDT

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    > On the empirical side, the human DNA recently regarded as "junk " is now
    not
    > thought to not be so.
    >
    > We are only scratching to surface of this area of study.
    >
    > Applications of gene identification to prove evolutionary theory are
    > hypothetical at best.
    >
    > By the way, I believe in natural selection as changing species perhaps
    > enough to call them new species, although classification is as much art as
    > science. I do not believe those processes explain the origin of life or
    > even of the genera.
    >
    > Jay
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Josh Bembenek" <jbembe@hotmail.com>
    > To: <jaywillingham@cfl.rr.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
    > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:17 AM
    > Subject: Re: Student perceptions re evolution
    >
    >
    > > Jay-
    > >
    > > >Gene interpretation is not so firm a fact as the existence of fossils
    > and
    > > >the Grand Canyon.
    > >
    > >
    > > Since this is part of my job, can you explain what you mean by this?
    > > Expound a little.
    > >
    > >
    > > Josh
    > >
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