Of course these types of questions are going on. They go on in the American population in general so Americans will post on this topic.

Btw: Creationism what?

That's not what I was implying. I'm saying, these types of questions have already been brought up in an earlier thread (more than once).

Creationism is my answer.

for those of you who are fairly new, you may want to look at

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread74236.html

the whole idea of god, evolution, and creationism was explored in detail

shame i cant unlock it, i aint a mod of it, would be good to merge it with this

I am surprised no one has mentioned the peppered moth example of evolution in action. For anyone who is unfamiliar with this example here is a short explanation:

The peppered moth was originally dominated by a light coloration of the wings which gave them camouflage when resting on the tree lichens. During the industrial revolution in england the majority of lichens died out and the trees were covered in soot. This increased the visibility of the moth and the light color dominance lessened due to increased predation. The majority of moths then became black winged because they were better suited to the environment.

This is a perfect example of natural selection.

Ok, so now say half of this population was in a colder environment and the dark wings allowed for better heat absorption and thus, a longer life into the winter. The longer life cycle into the cold could then cause another trait such as shorter antenna to become dominant. This cycle could then continue until another branch off of the more southern peppered moth is established.

One change causes another which cause another and so on, until a different species is established.

In my opinion (and many others will agree) thats how it works. One thing leads to another until a thousand generations have passed all having alleles which have successively become dominant due to past allele dominance and continual environmental changes.

same reason african and indian elephants are different

No j, there different because when god put them there he thought, "hhmmmm why not put different ones in africa and india".

they are adapted with relation to thier ears and surface area to mass and surface area to volume ratios.

Is the purpose of the ratios for heat loss or metabolic processes?

both

Oh, yeah - I enjoyed that thread but like the mod said, if we want to continue this discussion - start another thread.

Duh!

The reason that thread was locked was it was 37 pages long and there were not many people who wanted to read the whole thing but there were people who would say - we covered that, read the thread.

That thread was constantly revived because there will always be people who are interested in expressing their views on the topic. If people lose interest, the thread will die.