The Ultra-Darwin
(An analysis of Dawkins and how he amplified Darwin’s findings through research into multiple generations of the human race.)
“Morals are morals and religion is religion and very often they do not go hand in hand. The history of the past 2,000 years is riddled with religious immorality and nonsense and people 's often desperate reaction to it” (Weedon). For years scientist have been trying to learn everything they can about how the world works. They trace their findings back generations and continue to look for ways to connect the universe. They want to know all that had occurred, but the problem most scientist have is crossing the line. They want to discover the creation and what happened in the beginning. Scientists feel …show more content…
These two scientists have very similar theories. They are only going different directions. Darwin is looking at the decedents. He is seeing the changes in a species over time. On the other hand, Dawkins is working backwards. He is trying to use out genetics to trace our ancestors back to one being. However, both of them rely on sex. “We have reason to believe…that a change in the conditions of life, by specially acting on the reproductive system, cause or increases variability.” (Darwin) Both scientist need sex in order to trace their theories. Darwin uses sex to change a species and Dawkins traces the genes that are passed down when people have sex. These changes that occur have inevitably changed a species over a long period of time. “Prior to Darwin, scientists imagined each species as an essential type or ideal Platonic form. Darwin showed not only that species change over time but also that they include considerable variation, which we now refer to as polymorphism, something he recognized not as a flaw but as an asset, providing a reservoir of raw material for selection.” (Wreth) It takes time to trace human back to a certain origin. People don’t usually understand that there aren’t very many differences between in our genetic differences with other species. It means that there was a common ancestor. It is just a few genes in our DNA. “On the whole, the number of cytochrome c letter changes separating pairs of creatures is pretty much what we’d expect from previous ideas of the branching pattern of the evolutionary tree.” (Dawkins) A few changes create a different species. These changes in the DNA happen over a long period of time. It all occurs over time and the changes occur to create a variety of
(An analysis of Dawkins and how he amplified Darwin’s findings through research into multiple generations of the human race.)
“Morals are morals and religion is religion and very often they do not go hand in hand. The history of the past 2,000 years is riddled with religious immorality and nonsense and people 's often desperate reaction to it” (Weedon). For years scientist have been trying to learn everything they can about how the world works. They trace their findings back generations and continue to look for ways to connect the universe. They want to know all that had occurred, but the problem most scientist have is crossing the line. They want to discover the creation and what happened in the beginning. Scientists feel …show more content…
These two scientists have very similar theories. They are only going different directions. Darwin is looking at the decedents. He is seeing the changes in a species over time. On the other hand, Dawkins is working backwards. He is trying to use out genetics to trace our ancestors back to one being. However, both of them rely on sex. “We have reason to believe…that a change in the conditions of life, by specially acting on the reproductive system, cause or increases variability.” (Darwin) Both scientist need sex in order to trace their theories. Darwin uses sex to change a species and Dawkins traces the genes that are passed down when people have sex. These changes that occur have inevitably changed a species over a long period of time. “Prior to Darwin, scientists imagined each species as an essential type or ideal Platonic form. Darwin showed not only that species change over time but also that they include considerable variation, which we now refer to as polymorphism, something he recognized not as a flaw but as an asset, providing a reservoir of raw material for selection.” (Wreth) It takes time to trace human back to a certain origin. People don’t usually understand that there aren’t very many differences between in our genetic differences with other species. It means that there was a common ancestor. It is just a few genes in our DNA. “On the whole, the number of cytochrome c letter changes separating pairs of creatures is pretty much what we’d expect from previous ideas of the branching pattern of the evolutionary tree.” (Dawkins) A few changes create a different species. These changes in the DNA happen over a long period of time. It all occurs over time and the changes occur to create a variety of