How Many Kinds On Earth?

[Skwim]

"Eight million, seven hundred thousand (give or take 1.3 million).

Whoa, talk about overcrowding!!

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That is a new, estimated total number of species on Earth -- the most precise calculation ever offered -- with 6.5 million species found on land and 2.2 million (about 25 percent of the total) dwelling in the ocean depths.

Announced today by Census of Marine Life scientists, the figure is based on an innovative, validated analytical technique that dramatically narrows the range of previous estimates. Until now, the number of species on Earth was said to fall somewhere between 3 million and 100 million.

Furthermore, the study, published by PLoS Biology, says a staggering 86% of all species on land and 91% of those in the seas have yet to be discovered, described and catalogued.


Says Dr. Adl: "We discovered that, using numbers from the higher taxonomic groups, we can predict the number of species. The approach accurately predicted the number of species in several well-studied groups such as mammals, fishes and birds, providing confidence in the method."

When applied to all five known eukaryote* kingdoms of life on Earth, the approach predicted:

1) ~7.77 million species of animals (of which 953,434 have been described and cataloged)
2) ~298,000 species of plants (of which 215,644 have been described and cataloged)
3) ~611,000 species of fungi (moulds, mushrooms) (of which 43,271 have been described and cataloged)
4) ~36,400 species of protozoa (single-cell organisms with animal-like behavior, eg. movement, of which 8,118 have been described and cataloged)
5) ~27,500 species of chromista (including, eg. brown algae, diatoms, water moulds, of which 13,033 have been described and cataloged)

Total: 8.74 million eukaryote species on Earth."

source

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And god needed 8,700,000 ± different kinds of life because . . . . . . . . ?

 

[Breathe]

And god needed 8,700,000 ± different kinds of life because . . . . . . . . ?

Didn't we not long ago have one of these?

Also, subbing - but not expecting any answers.

 

[Skwim]

Didn't we not long ago have one of these?

Also, subbing - but not expecting any answers.

Yes, the question is an old one, but with these new numbers to challenge creationists I thought it still appropriate.

 

[freethinker44]

Until now, the number of species on Earth was said to fall somewhere between 3 million and 100 million.
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Wow, it's like they weren't even trying to make a decent guess. They might as well have said "anywhere between 1 and infinity".

Furthermore, the study, published by PLoS Biology, says a staggering 86% of all species on land and 91% of those in the seas have yet to be discovered, described and catalogued.

How could they possibly know that they don't know a certain percentage about something.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Noah had precisely 2,853 pairs of animals.

There were a lot less back then.

 

[averageJOE]

Come on Skwim...everyone already knows that the ark was bigger on the inside than it was on the outside!

 

[Valjean]

Yes, it was a transdimensional ark.

 

[Skwim]

Come on Skwim...everyone already knows that the ark was bigger on the inside than it was on the outside!

"Dah! Of course!"

 

[idav]

Noah had precisely 2,853 pairs of animals.

There were a lot less back then.

When dealing with bible numbers best to round to the nearest million or so.

 

[Man of Faith]

It's amazing what God can do. He created life in such a way that it changes and adapts and spreads throughout the whole world, changing colors, shapes, and habitats yet still maintaining an orderly division among the kinds.

 

[tumbleweed41]

It's amazing what God can do. He created life in such a way that it changes and adapts and spreads throughout the whole world, changing colors, shapes, and habitats yet still maintaining an orderly division among the kinds.

Goddidit.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

"Eight million, seven hundred thousand (give or take 1.3 million).

Whoa, talk about overcrowding!!

​

That is a new, estimated total number of species on Earth -- the most precise calculation ever offered -- with 6.5 million species found on land and 2.2 million (about 25 percent of the total) dwelling in the ocean depths.

Announced today by Census of Marine Life scientists, the figure is based on an innovative, validated analytical technique that dramatically narrows the range of previous estimates. Until now, the number of species on Earth was said to fall somewhere between 3 million and 100 million.

Furthermore, the study, published by PLoS Biology, says a staggering 86% of all species on land and 91% of those in the seas have yet to be discovered, described and catalogued.


Says Dr. Adl: "We discovered that, using numbers from the higher taxonomic groups, we can predict the number of species. The approach accurately predicted the number of species in several well-studied groups such as mammals, fishes and birds, providing confidence in the method."

When applied to all five known eukaryote* kingdoms of life on Earth, the approach predicted:

1) ~7.77 million species of animals (of which 953,434 have been described and cataloged)
2) ~298,000 species of plants (of which 215,644 have been described and cataloged)
3) ~611,000 species of fungi (moulds, mushrooms) (of which 43,271 have been described and cataloged)
4) ~36,400 species of protozoa (single-cell organisms with animal-like behavior, eg. movement, of which 8,118 have been described and cataloged)
5) ~27,500 species of chromista (including, eg. brown algae, diatoms, water moulds, of which 13,033 have been described and cataloged)

Total: 8.74 million eukaryote species on Earth."

source

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And god needed 8,700,000 ± different kinds of life because . . . . . . . . ?

that's not a very Biblical perspective. There could be from 3 to 8 kinds depending how you wish to read Genesis 1.

 

[outhouse]

It's amazing what God can do. He created life in such a way that it changes and adapts and spreads throughout the whole world, changing colors, shapes, and habitats yet still maintaining an orderly division among the kinds.

if its so amazing, why cant you show us where a mythical god had his hand in any part of anything without using imagination ???

 

[outhouse]

"Eight million, seven hundred thousand (give or take 1.3 million).

Whoa, talk about overcrowding!!

​

That is a new, estimated total number of species on Earth -- the most precise calculation ever offered -- with 6.5 million species found on land and 2.2 million (about 25 percent of the total) dwelling in the ocean depths.

Announced today by Census of Marine Life scientists, the figure is based on an innovative, validated analytical technique that dramatically narrows the range of previous estimates. Until now, the number of species on Earth was said to fall somewhere between 3 million and 100 million.

Furthermore, the study, published by PLoS Biology, says a staggering 86% of all species on land and 91% of those in the seas have yet to be discovered, described and catalogued.


Says Dr. Adl: "We discovered that, using numbers from the higher taxonomic groups, we can predict the number of species. The approach accurately predicted the number of species in several well-studied groups such as mammals, fishes and birds, providing confidence in the method."

When applied to all five known eukaryote* kingdoms of life on Earth, the approach predicted:

1) ~7.77 million species of animals (of which 953,434 have been described and cataloged)
2) ~298,000 species of plants (of which 215,644 have been described and cataloged)
3) ~611,000 species of fungi (moulds, mushrooms) (of which 43,271 have been described and cataloged)
4) ~36,400 species of protozoa (single-cell organisms with animal-like behavior, eg. movement, of which 8,118 have been described and cataloged)
5) ~27,500 species of chromista (including, eg. brown algae, diatoms, water moulds, of which 13,033 have been described and cataloged)

Total: 8.74 million eukaryote species on Earth."

source

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And god needed 8,700,000 ± different kinds of life because . . . . . . . . ?

for me its not the amount of "kinds" that would be impossible for ancient man to put on a boat that amazes me.


its a fact that people actually believe it as a literal story.

its my opinion that it shows how very primitive people really are :slap:

 

[angellous_evangellous]

for me its not the amount of "kinds" that would be impossible for ancient man to put on a boat that amazes me.


its a fact that people actually believe it as a literal story.

its my opinion that it shows how very primitive people really are :slap:

Yes - it is a secondary point. But you can take your pick:

1) There has never been enough water on earth for a worldwide flood of the magnitude that Genesis describes

2) If there were such a flood, there would be indisputable geological evidence for it all over the world

3) Even a local flood could not be literally described as Genesis describes it (covering mountains). Even a flood like this would have left an unmistakable mark

All other points are seconary:

a) the integrity of the boat

b) the unstainability of the animals

c) the impossibility of fitting all the animals on the ark

Of course, apologists have sought to explain away all of these problems. But whichever impossibility leads someone away from such a horrid misunderstanding of Scripture is good.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

b) the unstainability of the animals

Yes, one would think that those animals would leave quite a stain.

 

[Skwim]

for me its not the amount of "kinds" that would be impossible for ancient man to put on a boat that amazes me.


its a fact that people actually believe it as a literal story.

its my opinion that it shows how very primitive people really are :slap:

Yes, for many of us our emotional needs control us more than they should.

 

[Man of Faith]

Goddidit.

I'm just agreeing with the OP, an evolutionists who said that God did it.

 

[Man of Faith]

if its so amazing, why cant you show us where a mythical god had his hand in any part of anything without using imagination ???

What evolutionists are allowed to use imagination but not creationists?

 

[outhouse]

What evolutionists are allowed to use imagination but not creationists?

there is no imagination in something that is both fact and scientific theory.


like it or not we all evolved from a common ancestor and creation myths are just that, myths.



you are using theology to explain the natural world around you. Ancient Theology and imagination go hand in hand.

none of which applys to evolution