European geneticists tested 36 genes across 191 species to come up with a map of the genetic tree of life.
What is really great is that they have set up the data on a computer so it can be constantly updated as new genes and genomes are sequenced. Over the next 10-20 years we should have a very complete and well-defined genetic tree.
Good thing monitors are getting bigger.
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My first thoughts are how is the ID/Creationist crowd going to react? I've got several students writing anti-evolution argument papers and I'm realizing that I have less tolerance for them than the "Now that Iraq is over, let's head for Iran" crowd.
It's sad that I see something amazing like this and I immediately think, "How will they pervert it?"
Mark, you're braver than I. The minute one of those students says "God said," fail that student. It's a grand belief system, but it's not the basis for scientific evidence - and falling back on it shows that student cannot think and write logically.
WF
Wes is right. The fundamental issue is that science class is for science, not religion. If a student is going to argue against evolution, he/she must argue that there is a preponderance of evidence supporting another theory. That is the scientific method.
The American Physical Society's statement on what is science may be a helpful.
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