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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Molecular Dating: The turd that won't go away
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:47:07 -0400
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John Harshman wrote:
> On 6/27/24 10:06 PM, erik simpson wrote:
>> On 6/27/24 9:57 PM, John Harshman wrote:
>>> On 6/27/24 8:02 PM, JTEM wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-the-3-2-million-year-old-lucy-fossil-reveals-about-nudity-and-shame 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> :  Technological advancements in genetic analysis suggest that Lucy
>>>> :  may have been naked, or at least much more thinly veiled.
>>>>
>>>> They're talking about "Molecular Clock" nonsense.
>>>>
>>>> :  According to the coevolutionary tale of humans and their lice,
>>>>
>>>> No such "Tale" exists.
>>>>
>>>> :  our immediate ancestors lost most of their body fur 3 to 4 million
>>>> : years ago and did not don clothing until 83,000 to 170,000 years ago.
>>>>
>>>> Pure fiction.
>>>>
>>>> DNA is notoriously troublesome, when it comes to dating. It assumes
>>>> a "Clock like" static rate which is pure fantasy. Effectively it
>>>> ignores SELECTION.
>>>>
>>>> "Isolation is the engine of evolution," to quote the good Doctor, and
>>>> in isolation the genetic profile -- what is typical -- can change
>>>> within a generation. See:  Founder Effect.
>>>>
>>>> Any "Bottleneck" could and in all but absolute certainty WOULD also
>>>> result in such a "Founder Effect."
>>>>
>>>> The point is, these things EXAGGERATE age, when some mythical
>>>> "Molecular Clock" is applied. The changes took over quickly from
>>>> this "Founder Effect" but they are assumed to have accumulated at
>>>> a very low "Clock like" rate.
>>>>
>>>> Besides, Lucy wasn't an ancestor. Ask the good Doctor about that.
>>>
>>> Who is "the good Doctor"?
>>>
>> A certain Belgian.
>>
> Hercule Poirot? Leopold II?

Lamoral, count of Egmont.

William Hyde
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