7' 9" teen going to Florida playing basketball for them

[Cougarbear]

I have perhaps a dozen books on evolution. It is why I know what evolution really is.

The height of children is not evolution.

 

[Robert W]

The height of children is not evolution.

Correct but this is about much more. He is record height. This is no contradiction. Staying at the family height is not evolution. Greatly exceeding it sure is.

 

[Cougarbear]

Correct but this is about much more. He is record height. This is no contradiction. Staying at the family height is not evolution. Greatly exceeding it sure is.

It is not evolution. There is no evidence his children will be as tall. This is not evolution. It’s biology. You have 10 books on evolution? Try reading them.

 

[Robert W]

It is not evolution. There is no evidence his children will be as tall. This is not evolution. It’s biology. You have 10 books on evolution? Try reading them.

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Evolution in biology is the process by which the heritable characteristics of a population of organisms change over generations. These changes are caused by genetic mutations and recombination during reproduction, which are then passed on to future generations.

This by some authority is what you deny.

 

[Cougarbear]

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Evolution in biology is the process by which the heritable characteristics of a population of organisms change over generations. These changes are caused by genetic mutations and recombination during reproduction, which are then passed on to future generations.

This by some authority is what you deny.

Because he is taller doesn’t mean a mutation took place. Good grief.

 

[whitehall]

If they want to make basketball fair they need to lower the baskets.

 

[Robert W]

Because he is taller doesn’t mean a mutation took place. Good grief.

I provided you proof. So your argument is with them who created the proof. It does not mean one did not happen either.

 

[Cougarbear]

I provided you proof. So your argument is with them who created the proof. It does not mean one did not happen either.

You provided no proof. Your statement, which is not proof, has nothing to do with the height of this young man. It has nothing to do with evolution. Is his family line branching off from everyone else? No. Are all humans mutating into a new kind of animal? No. 10 books and you write this nonsense. One generation is no indication of evolution.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Imagine when he was 8 years old and 7 feet tall.

From an article:
Unsurprisingly, Rioux has been tall pretty much since he's been able to stand upright. According to his Florida profile, he was 6-foot-1 at just eight years old, and was 6-foot-11 by the time he was in sixth grade, roughly four years later. He'd shot past the seven-foot mark by the start of seventh grade.

If you're having a hard time imagining what someone that tall looks like next to someone of average height, here you go.

Here he is standing with an adult man.

By the way, have you seen super tall teens?

Go here for a write up concerning a kid who was in need of a size 23 in shoes when size 22 is the biggest size that shoe companies make. He is only like 14 and is already six feet and ten inches tall.

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

 

[jack3]

Paul Bunyan without the width. Hope he gets good footwork coaching.

 

[Robert W]

Because he is taller doesn’t mean a mutation took place. Good grief.

Evolution Is Change in the Inherited Traits of a Population through Successive Generations

Evolution describes changes in inherited traits of populations through successive generations. To fully understand the science of ecology, <br/>one must first be able to grasp evolutionary concepts.

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Height is a inherited trait.

 

[whitehall]

Football is still a tough sport and baseball is still a game of skill but basketball has become a game of freaks.

 

[Cougarbear]

Evolution Is Change in the Inherited Traits of a Population through Successive Generations

Evolution describes changes in inherited traits of populations through successive generations. To fully understand the science of ecology, <br/>one must first be able to grasp evolutionary concepts.

www.nature.com

Height is an inherited trait.

That’s correct! Read it again! There has been no change in what the kid inherited. His parents were tall, his uncle was tall, so he is tall. Being taller isn’t a change in the genes. Would it be evolution if he were shorter than his parents? No. No evolution because there is no change in his genes.

The definition of evil from the dictionary:
1. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

 

[Robert W]

That’s correct! Read it again! There has been no change in what the kid inherited. His parents were tall, his uncle was tall, so he is tall. Being taller isn’t a change in the genes. Would it be evolution if he were shorter than his parents? No. No evolution because there is no change in his genes.

The definition of evil from the dictionary:
1. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

I posted it so you could read it. So you could understand.

Evolution is defined as the change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms through successive generations. When living organisms reproduce, they pass on to their progeny a collection of traits. These traits may be tangible and obvious, such as the patterns in a butterfly's wing or the number of scales on a crocodile, but they also include characteristics as relatively anonymous as the sequence of nucleotide bases that make up an organism's DNA. In fact, when we talk about evolutionary inheritance, the latter is what we are actually referring to: the transfer of genetic sequences from one generation to the next. When particular genetic sequences change in a population (e.g., via mutation) and these changes are inherited across successive generations, this is the stuff of evolution.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Probably an issue with his pituitary gland.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Look at the ball in his hand!

 

[The Duke]

Hmm. I might be doing some betting on The Gators.

 

[Cougarbear]

I posted it so you could read it. So you could understand.

Evolution is defined as the change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms through successive generations. When living organisms reproduce, they pass on to their progeny a collection of traits. These traits may be tangible and obvious, such as the patterns in a butterfly's wing or the number of scales on a crocodile, but they also include characteristics as relatively anonymous as the sequence of nucleotide bases that make up an organism's DNA. In fact, when we talk about evolutionary inheritance, the latter is what we are actually referring to: the transfer of genetic sequences from one generation to the next. When particular genetic sequences change in a population (e.g., via mutation) and these changes are inherited across successive generations, this is the stuff of evolution.

Even with your definition, it gels with the one I gave you. Both say that a difference in height from parents to children is not any indication of evolutionary changes in a species to form another species. You were simply wrong in your assumption. Stop the narcissism and accept you were wrong.