Rel Anth – October 1

Random Vs. Designed

3 Big-Time Evidences for Design

• The cell (biochemistry)

• The origin of the universe (cosmology)

• The structure of DNA (biological information)

Darwin’s thoughts about the cell

• P185

• Darwin thought the cell was nothing but a bubble of protoplasm or jelly.

Darwin & Car Stereos

Irreducible complexity

• P186 – “A minimum level of complexity that must be present before such a tightly integrated system can function at all.”

Mousetraps

-If you only have some of the parts?-Irreducible complexity is the minimum amount of parts that need to be in place to catch mice

Bacterial flagellum – P187

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey7Emmddf7Y

Reality & Car Stereos

Just one component

In Darwin’s own words…

• “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.” – Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species

The big question

•Are living organisms aggregates or organized

wholes?

Homework

• Threaded Discussions Post and 2 Comments by 9pm Thursday