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They had lots of fur...Wolf, caribou, seal, fox etc.....No need to grow their own...They did originally came from Africa (Humans are a tropical animal), and as they migrated north they learned how to make use of what was available...Humans migrated out of Africa about 120,000 years ago, had a set back, so the ones that had reached the mid east were killed off by an ice age....
They restarted the migration around 90,000 years ago, then had another major set back when Mount Toba, on the island of Sumatra erupted and plunged the earth into a 6 year winter and thousand year ice age. That killed all but 10,000 humans. Volcanic ash covered India and Pakistan to a depth of five meters. That ash which is still visible today is a record of that event.
A major warming event took place 52,000 years ago allowing the migration to move north. The first migrants crossed the arctic circle about 40,000 years ago, but did not arrive in the North America arctic until about 20,000 years ago....
Inuit have a genetic adaptation that cycles the level of vasoconstriction to keep the extremities safe from cold damage while not losing too much heat. Another adaption they have to conserve heat is a stockier build and shorter limbs...Sort of demonstrates evolution, wouldn't you say? I'm sure had they not had the ability to make shelters and clothing they would have either grown fur or died off.....Why would you think they needed fur?
If this is what passes for intelligent debate with atheists then we Christians are in real trouble.I have to say that it is downright embarrassing to see stuff like this put forth by theists with the expectation that it is any kind of an intelligent argument.
You're kidding I hope?? Evolution is not Burger King -- you don't get it your way. There is no driving intelligence behind it that suddenly says "Oh see there's a need over here for something, let's whip up a new species." Evolution doesn't happen on demand, simply because there's an adaptational need. I would suggest actually learning what evolution is and how it works before jumping into the big kids pool on the subject.
After you do that, we can discuss how Eskimos have specific adaptational advantages, like their different basal metabolic rate and their body type, and how these differences happened.
Eskimos are humans who happen to live in high latitudes. Humans do not normally have fur. Granted there are a few humans who have a gene that causes them to be coated in a thick hair, but there wouldn't have been time or need for that trait to become dominant in Eskimos. I'm not even sure it'd have much selection advantage in the polar regions or that humans would find said trait desirable. (For it to be at a selection advantage the people with it would have to be sexually attractive or fertile. Furry people are often shunned or set at a distance more than anything)
If this is what passes for intelligent debate with atheists then we Christians are in real trouble.I have to say that it is downright embarrassing to see stuff like this put forth by theists with the expectation that it is any kind of an intelligent argument.
Maybe it was just intended to be a kind of a sarcastic hypothetical question. At least that's how I took it. I thought it was kind of amusing myself (but if I'd taken it to be a serious question, my response would have been pretty much the same as yours.)
but it did make me think that if the ice age did happen then did'nt it kill off nearly every species or maybe not i dont know-but if it did then then wouldnt evolution of had to start again-so instead of it taking billions of years wouldnt it have only taken (whenever the ice age ended).???????
but it did make me think that if the ice age did happen then did'nt it kill off nearly every species or maybe not i dont know-but if it did then then wouldnt evolution of had to start again-so instead of it taking billions of years wouldnt it have only taken (whenever the ice age ended).???????
Good question. Evolution has never stopped, but various extinction events killed off many species... 99.9% of all species that ever lived are no longer with us.
but it did make me think that if the ice age did happen then did'nt it kill off nearly every species or maybe not i dont know-but if it did then then wouldnt evolution of had to start again-so instead of it taking billions of years wouldnt it have only taken (whenever the ice age ended).???????
Ice did not cover the entire planet. The equatorial area remained warm, allowing humans, etc to survive as a species.
The range of our species, as well as that of other species, was limited to the warmer areas. After the glaciers started to retreat, we followed them into the newly thawed areas.
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