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I like to equate it to the colour spectrum. We all know that green is green and blue is blue, but there is no one wavelength where it stops being green and starts being blue.
or languages. i speak portuguese, so do my parents, and so will my kids. but many generations ago, everyone spoke latin. we can distinguish portuguese from latin, but there were no latin-speaking parents who had portuguese-speaking kids.
The problem is that we communicate using words, and we don't want to overcomplicate our conversations. So, some degree of simplification is necessary in order to be able to use words at all, leading to confusion in the mind of some people.
I like to explain this by comparing it to how we age. When we compare ourselves one day to the next, or one week to the next, we see no difference. But if we compare ourselves when we were 10 to when we were 20 or 40, we will see the difference
@@znation1491 technically, no. The only reason why we are the same, is because we think so. Chemically and biologically, a 2 yo, 20 yo and 60 yo are different organisms and their bodies even work differently.
No. Evolution is just adaptation. Over time small adaptations occur such as shape of nose , hair, eyes etc. When you have a child, it's looks different than you.
@@Egajor I wasn't there and neither were you. So we look towards what evidence we have such as fossils and genetics and work out whether the theory is credible. Given that there is obvious evidence of evolution and adaptation in humans and other life forms, I would suggest it IS credible.
@@shaz2761 I'll do more research on this before making any claims. I had been initially taught that humans evolved from apes, now it's fish. Some say the black man is the ancestor of all humans. It is well.
@@EgajorAccording to evolutionary science, we are direct descendents of apes. But prior to that we are related to kangaroos etc and prior to that sea creatures. In other words millions of years ago sea creatures split up and evolved into a number of different land creatures over time. Everything has common ancestors if you go back far enough.
just like how in the color spectrum, if u look up very very closely, every color is very identical to the one next to it and to the ones that follow..u won't be able to say "oh, theres the change now"..
Sorry! Every color IS NOT very like the others. Red is vastly different from green. Black is vastly different from white. The only sameness is that they are colors! Such desperation to discount the need for a creator ____that takes a lot of faith...no facts. Just like the NEED for the evolutionsts' declaration that microevolution and macroevolution are one and the same. There is YOUR need within such a faith but no facts. Before trying to contest the reality that I just pointed out, consult ANY definitional resources. Simply take a little bit of time to look up words with micro and macro as prefixal assignments.
@@gregoryholden3255 bro whatttt in the dictionary u just wrote..when have a i ever compared a red to a very far away color in the spectrum, a green to it? yo take a break from the weed or whatever u smoking
@@OtherPeople159 Well, I stand corrected! However, you are the one who compared colors to evolution. But no matter how hard you try ,red doesn't evolve into a white. No more than a dinosaur evolved into a bird. Yet , the Archaeopteryx is SUPPOSEDLY proof of such a thing! And the land animals ____Pakicetus ____they evolved into whales, according to YOUR persuasion. Man, I'm sorry. But that actually is funny.And you seem to wonder what I'm smoking. Well, I could be smoking that algae that came from the water and became trees! Evolution says that it happened ____algae became trees. If you don't find that ridiculous, there is no such word as ridiculous. But back to what I'm smoking, I think I smoked that kind of algae that had not completely "EVOLVED!" I should learn to wait the required billions of years. Damn.😁
@@besmart There is also browser extension that turns shorts into regular YT videos. Because damn the shorts are terrible format. At least I wouldn't even watch them if I didn't have the browser plugin.
microorganisms, probably Sorry... I will answer "eggs", because eggs come from chicken ancestors who have not yet evolved, so they cannot be called chickens.
Bro I thought there was nothing controversial with the video. I mean it’s obvious, evolution is a slow process. It’s very rare for us to pinpoint exactly when a species evolved. These are usually single called organisms. For more complex animals, changes just gradually occur until at some point, we can no longer call it the same species it was before. Certainly biology classes need to be redone because people have the wrong conception of evolution.
I understand the premise, but at a certain point you do have distinguishing characteristics between the different species coming down the line. So you could still hypothetically draw a line in the sand. Ie the fish that didn’t ever go back to the water isn’t the same as the fish that sometimes went back to the water.
Except you can make a distinction at some point with non continuous sets. Species have distinct points asking the spectrum (each individual is a new point). So yes you could select a single point and call it human
What I find extra funny about this analogy is that I remember my brother and I would disagree about the color of trans-neon-green Lego pieces. I was convinced they were Green but my brother was certain they were yellow. (mind you this was back before online lego resources like bricklink so we didnt know the official name) Everybody sees color differently. Endless discussion!
ADAM WAS THE FIRST MAN HUMANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY SINCE THE DAWN IF TIME HAVE SAID THIS AND THERE ARE WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE AND TO THIS DAY 70% HUMANS BELIEVE ADAM WAS THE FIRST MAN DENY THIS AND YOU DENY ALL WINTNISSESS AND PROOFS AND MOST OF HUMANITY AND TIME ITSELF.
It's like if you have a short hair and you let your hair grow, there is no first day with long hair. The hair looks (almost) the exact same after a day but when you look at your hair in different months you can notice drastic changes.
Yeah but your hair is still hair. It doesn’t change in anything but length. In any case, even with the Color spectrum as an example, Color’s are our perception and the names we give them based on what we see. I think that evolution differs in that we can determine stages based on speciation, or specifically: how many generations or mutations it takes for two estranged groups with the same origin to no longer be able to reproduce with one another. There has to be a certain point where the dna is no longer compatible and I would speculate that is when the first of a new species arises.
@@Typical.Anomaly I think you've just proven the theory to be correct, because you're acting like a monkey right about now. Listen to intellectuals next time instead of going "blah blah" to their face like come kind of vampire.
Actually he made us laugh. I love hearing a good fairytale. Especially one about the earth magically creating itself and humans evolving from fish mutants. I needed this laugh and I thank you and the other Darwinist below you. 🐠
@@user-gf9iy9yl2odespite your incredulity, there is actual evidence to support that we did, in fact, evolve from fish. In 2008, University of Chicago professor Neil Shubin wrote a book entitled, Your Inner Fish, which discussed human anatomy and embryonic development that specifically resulted from our time spent as fish. Also, I must say nobody asserts that the earth "magically created itself" other than creationists who strawman arguments that contradict their beliefs. You say we, the atheists are the ones who believe in fairytales. Don't you find it ironic that you believe a man and woman were created out of dust and deceived by a talking serpent into eating a magic apple that then brought evil into the world, despite the fact that there is no evidence for that?
I took Philosophy of Biology during my undergrad and the professor hated my “it is what it is until it isn’t” approach to defining species. That’s how I knew he was more of a philosopher than a biologist.
okay what is a cat lion also cat right. stray cat and lion have %95 common dna and also have different sound box, longer(lion) and shorter(pet cat) skull. now look human and chimpanzze they have %98,7 common dna. same amount hair in same amount area. similar instict, charcteristic and organs, same amount bone etc. so if lion is a cat and have common ancestor. must be logically humans and chimps also have common ancestor.
@@sharlena-jc5zw its false information. yes we have similar gene with plants approximately %35 - %45 percent. animal and plant common ancestor live 1.5 billion years ago. we share same gene with spider approximately %65 - %70 percent and common ancestor live 500 million years ago. some creatures have short life cycle and quickly jump generaton. example rat. they live 2 years and made many babies. this make them geneticlay more diverse and quickly change dna. even rat closer to us by common ancestor. we have %90 similar dna with dogs, only %88 similar dna with rat. similar thing apear some plants and other animals.
@@GolDFish-if1ov It's not. He said exactly nothing about the origin of life. That was a fish that started living a semi aquatic life, spending part of its life on land as well. It's an ancestor to us, but it's not the origin. That fish also evolved from something else.
It’s like growing out your hair you don’t wake up one day and your hair is drastically longer. But when you compare two pictures months apart you see a drastic change.
@@Besotted85 I assume you accept microevolution. How can you not wrap your head around the fact that macroevolution is just microevolution on a larger scale?
@@Besotted85 …. Brother, you are lost in the sauce. They don’t change to a different ‘kind.’ Adaptation and microevolution are not the same thing. It’s like you’re looking at evolution backwards. The common ancestors of two different species usually possess the traits of both species. Given enough time those adaptations add up, making them speciate. It’s really that simple. You are drawing an imaginary line between microevolution and macroevolution. Everyone that genuinely understands evolution knows that is just flat-out foolish.
It's like age. You weren't a child and then suddenly you were an adult. You didn't suddenly go from adult to elderly. It's a gradual change we can't see, but we can easily categorise
no that analogy doesn't work here, the concept of biological evolution is pseudoscientific and lack experimental evidence, they are digging things from the ground then compiling suggestions about it, and from chemical perspective and statistical one too this evolution is very very very unlikely to get one correct functional protein with specific structure by abiotic synthesis takes billions of years from a probabilistic point of view ,so when you take a whole organism that's another whole dilemma, changes can happen within species through several mechanisms like genetic crossing over and transposable genes but to diverge to another species by mutations that's also very unlikely because the genetic program is pretty much holistic which is not the appropriate term but the most close to what is in reality , a drastic mutation in the genome is very likely lethal for an organism, the viable ones can't change too much in the genetic program to produce a whole new specie, so the probabilities are very slim and the scientific method is pretty much altered in this theory
@@disinfect777There isn't a a day where puberty starts.Your hormone levels begin to increase way before you start to show any physical signals that you are entering puberty. Is not like you go to sleep and the next day you wake up with a mustache hair on your parts and acne on your face 😅
@witheringleaves5431 nope! Humans are always evolving, among the things we will lose from evolution will include things like toes and beards. We just won't be alive to see it but we are always evolving and will always continue to, even though you can't see it. Cheers!
@witheringleaves5431 our design isn't anatomically perfect therefore our body will evolve whenever it's an benefit on what ever we do constantly like the some native people in my country they have 50% larger spleens because every day they go hunting in the water for 1 to 2 minutes multiple times a day Or people who lives in low density air they have better breathing being I think without 40% out of 100 of air
@witheringleaves5431Well no, evolution is still happening. I'm assuming the commenter just meant we're going to go extinct sometime soon due to our killing of the planet.
Actually, I think its more the science teacher trying to teach the woke ideologues that seem to think we were dropped off here by aliens. They don't believe that humans have a nature. They believe that everything is socially constructed. They deny that the very essence of who they are was blessed to them by millions of years of evolution, ergo, they deny reality, no different than a religion, because "woke" IS a religion.
I find it hard to believe in that with the lack of the stages of evolutionary bones. Even his explanation doesn't make sense as there should be some sort of little changes in bone structure as evolution took place.
@@gregoryhancock8605literally says in the video that a species only looks different when you compare two distant generations and that for example a parent and a child would be virtually identical because the differences are gradual and only apparent after a certain amount of time
It’s like asking when does a child become an adult. Of course for the law it’s on the 18th birthday, but we all know it’s a gradual process and you can never pinpoint the moment a child became an adult.
members of a species are a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. Different species typically have distinct physical characteristics, behaviors, and genetic makeup, which can set them apart. The inability to successfully reproduce with members of a different species often leads to reproductive isolation, reinforcing the separation between species. Other factors like ecological niche, geography, and evolutionary history can also contribute to defining one species from another.
@@bobby3814 Atheists like myself are more prone to evolution because there’s tangible evidence for it, and it doesn’t go against some interpretations of some stuff in holy scriptures they believe in, mainly because there aren’t any holy atheistic scripures.
@@mayurdahiwale5907 very similar, or nearly-identical, for the flip book example. I guess in some high page count flipbooks, there might be identical sequential pages if the artist is creating a "pause" in the action, but in flipbooks I've made and seen from others, each page is gradually different, ie NOT identical "identical" is a very specific term, and if offspring were identical to parents (no mutations or varying gene expression), then evolution would never happen Identical means exactly the same. Identical from one to the next in a sequence means ZERO change. Maybe an improper example here, but one might say that 2.001 and integer 2 are very similar, but not identical. In math for instance, the equal sign = means identical, while the wavy bars mean approximately equal, or similar (I can't find that math symbol on my phone)
@@mayurdahiwale5907 I don't mean to disagree with your premise because you make a good analogy with the slow gradual change of a flip book between sequential pages versus comparing pages that are far apart. I just felt the need to nitpick about the specific use of one word. Lol I agree with your analogy By the way what is Vsauce?
I notice things changing day to day but I suppose others aren't cursed to be as observant and self aware as I am, but I stay humble towards my abilities for the pain it brings me despite enlightenment. Sorry for the ramble, hope you have a nice day
@@shwet218 my original comment was half joking since I don't actually view it as enlightenment and just thought it'd be funny to act cartoonishly pretentious. But yeah I do have add, ocd & dysmorphia, ptsd and I've had a couple psychological evaluations and the doctors couldn't tell if I have autism or if it's just anxiety symptoms causing similar symptoms. Anywayz thanks for listening, Shweta
But many weren't small but big strokes. And certainly not just at random. I believe in evolution but the idea that our ancestors was another species is a specuation very similar or course but not the same Growth wise.
Fun fact: Our greatest grandfathers were stars. Many of the heavy elements in the universe were created in the cores of stars or when neutron stars collided.
@@lolxd1434takes a star to form planets. By sheer luck, we got a mix of all the elements, at the perfect distance, with perfect temperature, and perfect tilt, and boom elements create us all
@@josephsanchez5697 Cool quote son but it's not from Freddy Numbchucks, it's actually a quote from Steven Seagal back in the late 1990's when he was playing professional football on the side.
@@sebastiannolte1201Fascinating! No one needs the Bible in order to summarily dismiss YOUR alternative. Your single-celled organismic, ancestors willed themselves to exist because they had to. Or they are simply eternal! Hell, they possess powers that rival any God. Want to discount the idea, of a god? Then if you replace it with something that is the supernatural equivalent ____you have no argument! Ironic,sad , desperate and funny simultaneously.
Science be like….We weren’t there and can’t technically prove it, but it’s the truth. You just have to have a little “faith”. 😂 Still not convinced, luckily we recorded everything and put it in an organized book you can study. 😂😂😂. Sounds familiar.
You're not a laptop though. Besides a laptop is designed with all the perfect pieces in place. And if you're absolutely convinced humans are a great design then realize how dumb it'd be for a car's exhaust pipe to be the same place where you add oil and gas
@Skyfoogle well duhhhh Mr. Smartie pants. Of course it would be from BLAH time to BLAH time, not an exact moment. Just like how you feel the need to hate, there's no exact point in your life where you decided your life is boring so you gotta go out your way to try and belittle everyone you come across like a narcissist
@@user-rj5ch1rf4z Alright, calm down. Yes, you are correct that we are talking about a span of time when species evolved for that very reason. The video specifically mentions that there was no first individual that you can claim was the first of one species.
@@user-rj5ch1rf4z What? I just told you that you are correct that there would be "from BLAH time to BLAH time", as you put it. So why are you asking me that question? No, I don't believe everything I see and read. That's why I believe evolution. Because I do some basic fact checking.
Really, just took a DNA test and mine was a newt. Further down the link great grandpa ape saw a pretty Neanderthal abs the rest was history. It's all in the DNA. 😊
I've heard this explained with colored sand before. Take a jar of yellow sand and start replacing the grains of sand with purple sand. No one grain swapped out will be the defining point that you'd say the color has shifted but it does change over time.
Yeah, I've seen so much creators and videos forcefully trying to make that loop clean and they always suck so much 😂 I've seen like 1 or 2 tops that actually achieve it
@@extxvlogsMost of them will not get paid for this, if you think this is not good enough, so please at least appreciate their time and energy to make this content
@@zephyr.8850 who told you I didn't appreciate the whole thing? Who told you I base my whole judgment, praise and critic of their content on just how poorly executed and planned their loop mechanics are? Because I'm for hell sure I didn't say that on my first comment, if you have the mentality of never criticizing anything, good for you, but don't expect others to never point out faults and expect improvements. Those things are minor and inconsecuential, that's why I made light of it, but it seems that even that is way past the moral and human line that shouldn't be crossed! 🙄 I really like this an other's channel content and when I do, I make sure to let them know, so please, for a second, get off your high and mighty horse.
@@extxvlogsI was just saying it's important to respect their efforts. And Calling other people's work sucks is totally not a criticism, And I'm sure anyone else reading your 1st comment thinks the same thing
@@zephyr.8850 You are telling to appreciate his efforts. Efforts for what? For teaching us nonsense like there's NO first human and our ancestors were FISH.
It's very similar to the "sorites paradox" that Micheal talked about in his video "Do chairs exist?" He talked about when does a chair stops becoming a chair if we remove very little parts by scratching enough times
You're right. There are milestones of your height, but being tall is subjective. There are milestones of an evolution of a species, but there's no agreed upon definition where non-human apes become anatomically modern humans.
take a picture of your child from age 2 on everyday. You’ll never notice a difference from day to day, but someday they become a full grown adult and only by comparing different years can you see the change.
@@Sam-og1xd"ape and monkey the same thing" Monkey is a broader term. Apes are monkeys, humans are apes so humans are technically monkeys, but monkeys aren't apes. Apes never have tails.
Someone compared it to languages. There is no way to tell exactly when Latin turned into Spanish. No point in time where you'd say "your parents speak Latin, but you speak Spanish" it's all about those small changes adding up over time.
I wanted to add that the first human was created by God when he breathed in a soul into Adam, but my grandfather 185 million generations ago was a fish
If you are human and you came from a human couple and each generation before were less people then if you keep going back there will be a first pair of human, the original first human couple.
i left youtube for a few years, now its just full of stupid. the algorithm shows me garbage and comments on interesting videos are deluded. wtf happened
Evolution is a well-established scientific theory supported by a vast body of evidence from various fields such as paleontology, genetics, molecular biology, and comparative anatomy. Some of the key evidence includes: 1. Fossil Record: The fossil record shows a clear progression of life forms over time, with simpler organisms found in older rock layers and more complex ones in younger layers. 2. Homologous Structures: Similarities in the structures of different species suggest a common ancestry. For example, the bone structure of vertebrate limbs (like the arm of a human, the wing of a bird, or the flipper of a whale) shares the same basic arrangement. 3. Comparative Anatomy: Comparative studies of different species' anatomies reveal similarities and differences that align with their evolutionary relationships. 4. Molecular Biology: DNA and genetic studies show patterns of shared genes and molecular sequences among different species, providing strong evidence for common ancestry. 5. Artificial Selection: The process of selective breeding, as demonstrated in domesticated animals and plants, mimics natural selection and leads to observable changes in species over generations. 6. Transitional Fossils: Fossils that exhibit characteristics of both older and more recent species provide evidence for gradual changes over time. 7. Biogeography: The geographical distribution of species aligns with evolutionary predictions, suggesting that organisms evolved in specific regions and then migrated to other areas. 8. Convergent Evolution: Unrelated species in similar environments can develop similar traits due to similar selective pressures, indicating the role of natural selection in shaping adaptations. The overwhelming convergence of evidence from these diverse fields supports the reality of evolution as a fundamental process shaping the diversity of life on Earth over millions of years. It is essential to recognize that evolution is a scientific theory backed by evidence and not merely a hypothesis or speculation.
there must be a creator that knows that theres a sperm must reach an egg , the sperm wont ever know that theres an egg to go to ,never knew that theres a certain PH in the womb or before it, never knew that they must be in a huge nomber, Every male and female depends on each other to exist ,so they must be existed at the same time ,with the same suitable functionality,to manage to reproduce and last .. Any disorder or a difference in any complicated functionality of both of them ,they will just die.
There's a point in time where we might decide "that thing has enough traits I recognize it as a human" but you might also recognize that it has traits you don't carry and vice versa. It gets even trickier when you question what we use to determine humanity. If we go by level of mental function then that's just dangerous, it has a high risk of diminishing the personhood of those who are mentally impaired, either due to genetics, injuries, or underprivileged backgrounds. Most of what we consider unique to humanity (written/spoken language, invention) we can also find missing in people born today, varying levels of illiteracy, nonverbal behavior, or lack of problem solving skills. Yet we recognize them as human, or at least anyone worth listening to does
Well we could define something by the development of a species in terms of general characteristics even if, within the species, there are mutations or different morphs, etc. What, then, would define the species was WHEN the species came to have a collection of traits, such as intelligence, which may have first culminated in a single individual. Although we might agree that criteria formation may be somewhat subjective or contextual.
