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Rudimentary

rudimentary

poorly developed and not functional.

Compare: vestigial, obsolete. Pertaining to the early stages of development.


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Re: Bible vs Darwin

... Read everything I stated my latest post. It incorporates your arguments as well. And as for the creationist site, their arguments are very rudimentary, so much so, that even Theologians have to refute them. All are very easily denounced with a little scientific work. Creationist's biggest ...

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by viloloco5
Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:33 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
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DNA change?

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by mith
Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:29 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: DNA change?
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Which is a vestigial tooth

... the human appendix) which is greatly reduced from the original ancestral form and is no longer functional. Not fully developed in mature animals; rudimentary wings."

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by AstusAleator
Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:13 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Which is a vestigial tooth
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Views: 1168

Theory of Superthermic Contraception

(I'm not highly versed in biology and have pieced together the following theory from rudimentary knowledge. Please comment on the validity of all aspects of the theory) Postulate: Temperature above a certain threshold destroys live sperm. Ipso facto it is possible ...

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by Minuteman
Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:40 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Theory of Superthermic Contraception
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A Monkey's Uncle

Oh, sorry to be a pain but single celled organisms first joined to become a community they needed to communicate and what developed was a rudimentary nervous system called a nerve net. over time parts of the nerve net have joined to form nerve chords and ganglia, never going backwards in this ...

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by AstusAleator
Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:51 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: A Monkey's Uncle
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