Re: Rapid Lizard Evolution

On Mon, 05 May 2008 04:45:18 +0200, ~saba*gracile~ wrote:

> "Kelsey Bjarnason" <kbjarnason@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Sat, 03 May 2008 08:26:53 +0200, ~saba*gracile~ wrote:
>>
>>> "Budikka666" <budikka1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> skrev i melding
>>>
>> 
news:baa5334d-354e-4f35-9de9-577f7a657cfe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Grrl Scientist at www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/5la6lh
>>>> re****ts on: "five male and five female Italian wall lizards, Podarcis
>>>> sicula, were translocated from the islet of Pod Kopiste to the nearby
>>>> islet of Pod Mrcaru, both of which belong to Croatia and are located
>>>> in the southern Adriatic Sea"
>>>>
>>>> War erupted and scientists never got back to see the lizards until
>>>> relatively recently.  What they found was an amazing example of just
>>>> how fast evolution can work its wiley ways.
>>>>
>>>> Footnote to idiot creationists: Yeah, they're still lizards, and no,
>>>> no scientist has ever claimed they're not.  But what you're too
>>>> stupid to grasp no matter how many times you're hit over your stupid
>>>> heads with it, evolution isn't just about speciation (which leads to
>>>> everything else) and nothing more.  Evolution is about change within
>>>> a gene pool. That's what it's rooted in and that's how it works its
>>>> magic.
>>>>
>>>> It really is that simple.  And if you cannot grasp this basic,
>>>> demonstrated fact, then you too are really simple.
>>>
>>> So the amazing thing was that the lizards was still just lizards?
>>>
>>> And the point was?
>>
>> Beyond your capacity.
> 
> No yours, arrogant ****. They didn't find ANY DNA change not the
> slightest.

<quote>

"Striking differences in head size and shape, increased bite strength and 
the development of new structures in the lizard's digestive tracts were 
noted after only 36 years, which is an extremely short time scale," said 
Irschick.

</quote>

I see.  So in your view, magic pixies dropped by one day, using little 
golden hammers and fairy dust, changing the size and shape and so forth 
of the population?