Which evolved first --- FRUIT BEARING TREES or FRUIT EATING CREATURES?

[Sapiens]

Thank you for answering the question.

We understand that Nitrogen came to earth by the heavy bombardment of Earth by huge asteroids.

Do you think it was due to chance and coincidence or it was guided and directed ?

The 2nd element is Oxygen which was produced by the photosynthesizing cyanobacteria, it happened that the bacteria convert the energy from the sun to Oxygen.

Do you think it was due to chance and coincidence or it was guided and directed ?

Please clarify on what you base your answer, is it on faith or on science & logic.

I find that you beg the question with amazing simple-mindedness.

I would say guided and directed by natural processes.

 

[FearGod]

I find that you beg the question with amazing simple-mindedness.

I would say guided and directed by natural processes.

My questions are simple please answer plainly.

Do you think the heavy bombardment of Earth by huge asteroids was by an accident or planned.

 

[Kirran]

My questions are simple please answer plainly.

Do you think the heavy bombardment of Earth by huge asteroids was by an accident or planned.

Accidental implies that somebody did it inadvertently.

It just happened.

 

[FearGod]

Accidental implies that somebody did it inadvertently.

It just happened.

Do you believe it was accidental ?

 

[Kirran]

Do you believe it was accidental ?

Defined as - happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly.

No, I don't think this is an accurate term. The fall of asteroids onto the Earth was the result of previous events which had occurred during the Solar System's formation.

 

[FearGod]

Defined as - happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly.

No, I don't think this is an accurate term. The fall of asteroids onto the Earth was the result of previous events which had occurred during the Solar System's formation.

So was it by accident or planned ?

 

[Kuzcotopia]

Which came first: The chicken or the egg? Same concept really.

The egg.

Something that is almost genetically a chicken laid an egg with a genetic variation that was a full-on chicken!

 

[Kuzcotopia]

Fruit eating animals were first. But they were not exclusively fruit eating. They were plant eating. Over time the plants that were being eaten had developed juicier and better parts around their seed and the earliest forms of "fruit" began.

This exactly.

Evolution is natural selection. Trees that developed fruits became more successful than those who did not. Simple.

By the way, do you realize that all seedless oranges in the world are linked to a single mutant tree from Brazil?

The seedless orange is an example of animals (humans) finding a mutant trait desirable, propagating new plants all over the world who would otherwise be unable to reproduce.

Without an animal who wanted to eat exclusively those kinds of oranges, the plant would have lived its lifespan, incapable of reproduction, and subject to extinction.

Most mutations like that are not desirable, but the ones that do produce an advantage to spread quite quickly.

 

[Kuzcotopia]

So was it by accident or planned ?

Do you define "accident" as the probability of terrestrial bombardment by asteroids, during that period of time, was not influenced or changed by a supernatural being?

 

[Sapiens]

My questions are simple please answer plainly.

Do you think the heavy bombardment of Earth by huge asteroids was by an accident or planned.

Again, you beg the question and ask for an answer as simple minded as your question. I'd say neither.

 

[shawn001]

Which was first, human or the air ?
Did you see how stupid it is and even the ones who may entertain such kind of fooling questions ?

The air by far, since evolution created the oxygen. Human's have only been on the Earth for a very short time period in Earth's history.


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[shawn001]

 

[shawn001]

"Furthermore, all lunar rocks (Apollo, Luna and meteorites) have a significant amount of microscopic craters (<1mm) which they received on the surface of the Moon. This is because of the millions of micrometeorites that hit the Moon each day. That’s right ‘baby’ meteorites.

A micrometeorite we brought back from the moon with an impact crater in it.

Microscopic picture of a micrometeorite impact on a small grain (Credit NASA)

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[FearGod]

Again, you beg the question and ask for an answer as simple minded as your question. I'd say neither.

That was stupidly said ....., you're dodging.
You don't even dare to stay "i don't know who did it",eeeh

Another silly question of mine

Where did the photosynthesizing cyanobacteria come from ? was it planned or just

then it's the photosynthesizing cyanobacteria.
When you reply then you have to explain on what you base your answer,on science or stupidity.

Sorry, when i see stupid things around done by the ........ then i have to be rude.

 

[Sapiens]

Once again you beg the question, it gets real boring, neither of the alternatives you propose are real, if you want to know what is, I recommend a three credit course at a major research university . You are not important enough to me to hold your hand trough the process, I'm not willing to waste much more time over someone who does not understand what "begging the question" is and who is clearly not interested enough to find out. As far as I can tell your sole interest here is to try and force people who know better to chose between two alternatives that are either the only alternatives that you are wise enough to see or to play a stupid game of "gotcha" by forcing what is know to be an incorrect response. Play this game with young adolescents who can't read at grade level ... you'll find that much more fulfilling.

 

[McBell]

I advice you to think for awhile before posting stupid things.

 

[McBell]

Do you think the heavy bombardment of Earth by huge asteroids was by an accident or planned.

Neither.
Next question please.

 

[McBell]

Sorry, when i see stupid things around done by the ........ then i have to be rude.

Bold faced lie, blatant denial, or over abundance of ignorance?
Now perhaps if you had worded it:

when i see stupid things around, that are not my own, done by the ........ then i have to be rude.​

 

[Kirran]

So was it by accident or planned ?

Neither.

 

[NoX]

Did the fruit bearing trees evolve first or did the creatures who ate those fruits evolve first? And just how did the trees LEARN that they had to produce fruits so that creatures ate them and thus their seeds were spread far and wide to produce more trees?

LoL, nice question If I was an atheist, I would say the creatures who eats the fruits were eating somethings another before the fruit trees. They started to eat fruits in time. What would be your answer ?