FrankieJustTrypt said:

Not to be rude, but is that a hard concept to grasp?

Evolution takes place whether or not it makes changes in skin pigmentation, (akin to if its not broke why fix it?)

I don't know what your judging criteria is, but if its pure skin pigmentation your statement could be true.

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silversoul7 said:

True, and actually the earliest evidence of creating fire with tools comes from one of our homomid ancesters, Homo Erectus.  However, since scientists generally agree that the earliest modern humans were black(based on DNA tests which measured genetic diversity), I assume the same is true for our direct ancestors.

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If the "earliest humans" were black and now black people exist, among other people, wouldn't black people now be likened to the "earliest humans", and everyone else, a more evolved form? :-)  If not, why not? :-)  Boy how I love using your words to win arguments ss7 buddy

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Way to display your complete and utter ignorance of evolution!   When humans spread out across the globe, they encountered new environments, and had to adapt to those environments, while black people stayed on the same continent that they had always been on.  When people moved into the cold regions of Europe and northern Asia, their skin no longer needed the high levels of melatonin that black people had for living under the hot African sun.  People in India and Australia(Aborigines) maintained a dark complexion due to the hot areas they lived in, but developed other physical features that were distinct from black Africans.  In Japan and other colder places in east Asia, people's skin also got rather light, while the Southeast asians had darker skin, but not as dark as the Africans, since the heat was not quite as severe.  Asians also developed those slits in their eyes for some reason or other that I can't figure out.  Then some of them crossed the land bridge to the Americas, and became the Native Americans, losing the eye slits.

So you see, none of those races is "more evolved" than any other.  They are simply adapted to their environment.

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However, since scientists generally agree that the earliest modern humans were black(based on DNA tests which measured genetic diversity), 

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I'm not disagreeing with you (I just don't know) but where does it say that earliest humans were black?  This is news to me. (hopefully this doesn't make me a raging racist )

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silversoul7 said:

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However, since scientists generally agree that the earliest modern humans were black(based on DNA tests which measured genetic diversity), 

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I'm not disagreeing with you (I just don't know) but where does it say that earliest humans were black?  This is news to me. (hopefully this doesn't make me a raging racist )

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I saw something about it on the Discovery channel once.

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If the "earliest humans" were black and now black people exist, among other people, wouldn't black people now be likened to the "earliest humans", and everyone else, a more evolved form? :-)  If not, why not? :-)  Boy how I love using your words to win arguments ss7 buddy

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Way to display your complete and utter ignorance of evolution!

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since I usually manage to thrash your arguments, I wouldn't go calling me ignorant just yet

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So you see, none of those races is "more evolved" than any other.  They are simply adapted to their environment.

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If blacks are MORE LIKE the earliest humans, and whites are LESS LIKE htem, then, uh, wouldn't that mean we did evolve more? You mentioned how asians evolved, and whites, but blacks DIDN'T. They were, in your mind, the original, and they are still just like that, that is a LACK OF EVOLUTION.

I'm sure your university offers "elements of logic", check into it.

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I just wanted to throw that out there because I knew where you were going with this thread, and wanted to show you a significant contribution made by people who you don't think made any significant contributions.

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where did I ever, at any time, say that they never made "any" significant contributions?  Your tagline is amusing, perhaps you should stop putting me in a position where I have to spit out the words you place in my mouth? I'm supposed to be the close minded one here!

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fire(invented by "niggers")

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"invented"?  Lighting hits a tree and their is fire, I'd hardly say it's a patentable invention

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agriculture(developed independently in several parts of the world)
writing(same as above)
the wheel(invented by "sand niggers")
the scientific process(concieved of during the Age of Enlightenment)
due process(I believe this slowly developed among different cultures in contact with each other)
the constitution(I think America had the first one, if you don't count the Magna Carta)
mass production(developed by Nazi-sympathizer Henry Ford)
the internet(invented by Al Gore )

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According to your list, whites have never done anything, right? Also, Ford wasn't a Nazi-sympathizer, he was anti-Semetic and he wrote his anti-Semetic arguments years before Adolf came to power.  Again, I'm supposed to be the one that lumps people together

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silversoul7 said:

Ok, I guess I was wrong. You never actually claimed that black Africans had never made any significant contributions. But you've implied it in many of your posts.

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Um, where did I say whites have never done anything? Everything I mentioned after the wheel was invented by white people. Also, I'm pretty sure Henry Ford was awarded the Iron Cross, the most prestigious civilian medal in Nazi Germany, so yes, I believe he was a Nazi-sympathizer.

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silversoul7 said:

I know I'm making an assumption here, but based on the scientific consensus that the earliest modern humans were black,

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If the "earliest humans" were black and now black people exist, among other people, wouldn't black people now be likened to the "earliest humans", and everyone else, a more evolved form? :-)  If not, why not? :-)  Boy how I love using your words to win arguments ss7 buddy

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Way to display your complete and utter ignorance of evolution!

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since I usually manage to thrash your arguments, I wouldn't go calling me ignorant just yet

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So you see, none of those races is "more evolved" than any other.  They are simply adapted to their environment.

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If blacks are MORE LIKE the earliest humans, and whites are LESS LIKE htem, then, uh, wouldn't that mean we did evolve more? You mentioned how asians evolved, and whites, but blacks DIDN'T. They were, in your mind, the original, and they are still just like that, that is a LACK OF EVOLUTION.

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TheOneYouKnow said:

silversoul7 said:

I know I'm making an assumption here, but based on the scientific consensus that the earliest modern humans were black,

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source, please?

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I saw something about it on the Discovery channel once.

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