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Originally Posted by Actor
You should read Genesis by Robert M. Hazen before making claims like that.
The natural world is filled with examples of species which survive and thrive "in an exceedingly hostile world surrounded by wild, dangerous, hungry carnivores on all sides who were much stronger, faster and naturally equipped to kill.". The lowly mouse for one. What counts is the survival of the species rather than of any one individual. There are many strategies. E.g., safety in numbers, coordinated hunts, the ability to manufacture tools (particularly sharp edges and other weapons). Language gives Homo sapiens the ability to exchange abstract ideas. And, of course, the mastery of fire, something no other species on this planet has ever done. All these have lead us to dominate the planet.
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I would mention the gradual evolution of homo sapiens even before the acquisition of fire and language skills, there were biological changes affecting how man developed and survived.
"Genetic studies show that primates diverged from other mammals about 85 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period, and the earliest fossils appear in the Paleocene, around 55 million years ago.."
Biological changes.....
1)-the opposable thumb, holding things, using and making tools
2)-Bipedalism, freeing arms to do much more
3)-Encephalization-Brain size, obvious advantages.
This is all well documented and available to anyone with a basic education.
4)-Culture developed along with social groups, leading to education, sharing and
"emotional" intelligence.
Meaning Love and compassion, allowing the strong to enhance survival of the weak, and which help spread a greater variety of DNA, creating a greater chance of survival of all of mankind.
5) If you wish you may call this process
"god directed", instead of evolution, or any
word games you like, but PLEASE learn some of the important
details of this amazing gigantic awe-inspiring process.
Remember bunky,
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS, and "god" may be embedded there as well.
The universe in a grain of sand is worth studying. Not ignoring.
