crabs – Uncommon Descent

Crabs evolved separately at least five times

At Popular Mechanics: It’s not just superficial shape that unifies the five evolved crab forms. The paper details neurological commonalities, shared circulatory systems, and more, while also detailing the organ and systems that differ in shape and size.

Evolution Intelligent Design speciation

Yale: Weird new crab species forces rethink of definition of crab

And maybe of how animals evolve over time.

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bornagain77 DD also falsely holds that our minds are "fundamentally connected to and united with our physical bodies" Well first off,... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
bornagain77 DD: "Again, the god of Spinoza (and me) is not more-or-less impersonal; it is simply not personal in any sense... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
dogdoc Vivid, Do we? If the God I believe in corresponds with what “is” then your God does not exist thus... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
vividbleau “But hey, we all believe in God, so that’s a good thing!” Do we? If the God I believe in... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
dogdoc Querius @7, I must admit though that I’ve always been puzzled by people who believe in a more-or-less impersonal God...... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
StephenB SB: God is NOT the sufficient cause of what man does do or will do. (…) God is not the... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
ram Querius, if you're really interested, let's go elsewhere and discuss the problems. – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
ram related: Your claims about the New Testament are not supported by Catholic teaching. Who gives a crap about that? – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
Querius Dogdoc @5, Glad we can agree on something. I must admit though that I've always been puzzled by people who... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
Seversky The Universe is wonderful beyond our imagination. For the most part it is also implacably hostile to human life. So... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
Origenes StephenB @198 God is NOT the sufficient cause of what man does do or will do. (…) God is not... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
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whistler Ram relatd, the New Testament is loaded with false prophecies, false proof texting, and contradictions. Maybe you should be a... – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
Querius Ram @73, . . . the New Testament is loaded with false prophecies, false proof texting, and contradictions. As you... – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
StephenB Origenes @196 You continue to make the same error that you made @163, when you said this: If God created... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
relatd Has anyone heard of Predestination? https://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2007/08/12/predestination-in-catholicism/ – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Origenes StephenB @195 1. Does God make your moral decisions and should He be held responsible for them? No, it is... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
relatd Ram at 73, Your claims about the New Testament are not supported by Catholic teaching. Humility is not required. Avoiding... – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
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Origenes PM1 @201 They have a profound and important disagreement: does symbol-grounding precede interpretation (Pattee)? Or does interpretation precede symbol-grounding (Deacon)?... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...