Theos-Talk Archives (November 1999 Message tl00162)

Hi Randy,
we are getting into a vast biological discussion here, and
I will try to give the result of my studies.
Randy:
> Bart--Tell me more about how our evolving consciousness would create
> mutations.  The concept would explain the uniqueness of humans, but what
> about all other creatures?  What troubles me is the lack of any good physical
> explanation for the existence of life in its incredible complexity and myriad
> forms.  "Evolution" can only explain variation within "kinds".  Anything else
> creates improbabliities far too stretched for credulity.  Randy
Evolution as a result of mutation, can in fact explain more
than just variation within kinds. Chromosomes are
responsible for so many biological molecules in the cell,
that a lot is explainable that way. What is not easily
explainable that way, in my opinion, is the difference
between eukariote and bacteria-cells: the one has a
nucleus, the other not. One has all kinds of organelles
(mitochondria, plasmids etc.) that help in making each
particular cell more versatile and in fact make it possible
for cells to differentiate, the other does not.

By recent biologists this is accounted for by one cell
eating another, but not being capable of digesting the
eaten cell properly. The organelles in plant-cells that
with the help of light produce suger from CO2 are an
example of that. In the result fused cell, the original
cell makes use of the capabilities of the *eaten* cell, and
the *eaten* cell is dependent on the cell around it. In
this way, working together becomes a major evolutionary
factor.

Katinka
(I can give you sources if you want)
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NHL Leeuwarden
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