Backwards evolution. Why humans lost the opposable big toe.
By theBEattitude
Tags: Bizarro, Cartoon, Chimp, Comic, Darwin, Evolution, Funny, Monkey, Opposable, Thumb
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May 22, 2009 at 10:10 am |
I can hold a bottle like that – I thought everyone could!!
(PS: I like the newspaper headline!)
May 22, 2009 at 10:21 am |
The newspaper is a nice jab at political evolution. We lost our opposable big toe, but natural selection gained us a president that can speak in complete sentences.
Let’s just hope politics don’t embrace backwards evolution. I’d love to see Right Wing Christian extremists become an endangered species.
May 23, 2009 at 4:34 am |
I assume this entire blog was to poke a sharp stick at Christians. And judging by you comments about Christians being and endangered species indicates I was correct.
I find it interesting watching those of the Hegelian doctrine spewing this same evolutionary stupidity. Any one that has not allowed themselves to become completely controlled by Hegel’s doctrine, can easily understand that in order for evolution to be accurate, it would have to be perpetual, which it isn’t.
May 23, 2009 at 8:14 am
I’m not trying to prove backwards evolution. It’s a cartoon that made me laugh. You view it as evolutionary stupidity, I view it as someone void of a sense of humor.
My previous comment was pointed at conservative Christian extremists. The Rush Limbaughs of the world. I have many Christian friends who are very good and caring people. I only have issue when religion justifies hypocrisy and hate.
I poke a sharp stick when I see this hypocrisy in the news, or when I point to to the biblical verses that lead to the rejection of my faith. But I in no way hate Christians. I only question what they believe.
May 23, 2009 at 11:58 am
So enormous changes took place in all forms of life on earth (just as you would expect if evolution were “accurate”), but then at some point these life forms stopped changing for some inexplicable reason, so you can`t call it “evolution”! What DO you call it then?
June 1, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Evolution is perpetual. It is an ongoing process.
May 22, 2009 at 10:45 am |
I was amazed when the claim was made that in fact “W” read a couple of books a week, until it was later pointed out that these were mainly of the “uplifting biographies” variety, which explained everything! They had me worried for a minute. Have a look at this though, if you haven`t seen it before: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushbookupsidedown.htm – the quote is brilliant too!!
May 22, 2009 at 11:05 am |
That would be awesome.
May 22, 2009 at 2:26 pm |
The tradeoff was worth it…. This allowed humans to walk upright and use their large brain to stalk prey….
May 22, 2009 at 2:44 pm |
Wow! You mean humans once upon a time had a large brain?
June 1, 2009 at 12:52 pm |
An example of on going evolution:
“The study, carried out in nine cities around the world, shows that the thumbs of the younger generation have overtaken their fingers as the hand’s most muscled and dexterous digit.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/mar/24/mobilephones.games
June 24, 2009 at 1:12 pm |
Interesting…
July 10, 2009 at 12:35 pm |
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November 18, 2009 at 10:19 am |
We have a president who can read and yet still makes bone headed statements that any 5th grader knows are incorrect.