Originally posted by DoctorScribblesOK, this is getting better. I've been exercisin my brain and doing some research. The process is called "parthenogenesis" in which two sets of female chromosomes are used to reproduce. Here's some more discouraging news for some people in this forum. The offspring are always male. So what this means is that mother nature has created a situation in which incest is the means of propogating the population.
[b]What is your take on this from two areas? First the whole contradiction discussion as this seems to be a contradiction.
Reverend, this is the very sort of practical problem that Rand was addressing. We only have a contradiction in the present case if we persist in believing that a mother and father are required to produce a Komodo dragon ...[text shortened]... wo Komodos on the Ark?" or "One Man and one Woman: Maybe not God's Design After All."[/b]
So if momma Komodo gets swept out to sea and ends up on some island with no males, all she has to do is go through this process and try not to eat the bastard lizard.
Originally posted by kirksey957That does not apply to all species, in some species the offspring would all be female (as it would be if humans reproduced that way.) Thus Jesus could not possibly be a parthenogen.
The offspring are always male.
The process is well known to science and the komodo dragon example though possibly high profile was nothing new except possibly the first time it has been observed in that species.
Originally posted by twhiteheadHow would we know that in a human it would be a female? Has this ever happened before in a human that we know of?
That does not apply to all species, in some species the offspring would all be female (as it would be if humans reproduced that way.) Thus Jesus could not possibly be a parthenogen.
The process is well known to science and the komodo dragon example though possibly high profile was nothing new except possibly the first time it has been observed in that species.
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesSome people just do not want to move up the so-called evolutionary chain. Here I is trying to learn about Jesus from a lizard and people want to talk about a rock.
This thread is about whatever tha Brothaz say it is about, and right now, we say it is about Komodo dragons. When it's time to talk about rocks again, tha Brothaz will let you know.
Originally posted by kirksey957The human male has a unique chromosome called the Y chromosome. It would be impossible for a female of our species to produce the Y Chromosome single handedly as they do not have them.
How would we know that in a human it would be a female? Has this ever happened before in a human that we know of?
In other species it is the female that has a unique chromosome and thus they produce only male offspring when one of the chromosomes is duplicated.
