any interesting controversy reguarding biology lately

[T2urtle]

OOPS!

Anyway, he wants help with his homework and something with 3 or 4 references about something relatively recent and controversial in the field of biology.



Sorry about that.

HR.

 

[arcenite]

 

[destrekor]

humans descended from other humanoids that descended from still-other humanoids that descended from a long-extinct sub-humanoid primate that descended from a long-extinct primate, of which this long-extinct primate was among a whole family of now extinct primates that also serve as the ancestral lineage of many modern day primates we know.

we didn't descend from monkeys or apes. we descended from a primate that most monkeys and apes also descended from.


Can that be controversial enough of a topic?

Could sum it up and just call it evolution. That might get some bible thumpers foaming at the mouth, I'm sure that could be a reaction from controversy. Or allergies. Needs more testing.

 

[zinfamous]

come on! we already know you can do better!

 

[Veramocor]

You should do a report about antivaccine idiots who think vaccines cause autism.

This can start you off: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=3941#more-3941

Here's a summary of their beliefs:

Antivaccine idiot: Mercury in vaccines cause autism.
Scientist: There is no evidence of that.
Antivaccine idiot: Your wrong Jenny McCarthy said so.
Scientist: Ok we'll take it out. Look kids are still getting autism.
Antivaccine idiot: Did we say mercury? We meant it was the MMR vaccine.
Scientist: There is no evidence of that.
Antivaccine idiot: Your wrong Jenny McCarthy said so.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

humans descended from other humanoids that descended from still-other humanoids that descended from a long-extinct sub-humanoid primate that descended from a long-extinct primate, of which this long-extinct primate was among a whole family of now extinct primates that also serve as the ancestral lineage of many modern day primates we know.

we didn't descend from monkeys or apes. we descended from a primate that most monkeys and apes also descended from.


Can that be controversial enough of a topic?

Could sum it up and just call it evolution. That might get some bible thumpers foaming at the mouth, I'm sure that could be a reaction from controversy. Or allergies. Needs more testing.

In my accidental edit of his post I suggested that he ought to do religion vs. evolution. That topic is never left alone long enough to get cold.

 

[SunSamurai]

I already did one and was called a troll.

What an outrage.

Anyway we all (hominids) descended from some common ancestor about 7 million years ago.

Religion can say anything it wants, because it doesn't have to stay within the bounds of testability nor rationality. So there really is no controversy there, unless you think people the rational of a 10 year old that just read Harry Potter are in any way going to make point based on reality.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I already did one and was called a troll.

What an outrage.

Anyway we all (hominids) descended from some common ancestor about 7 million years ago.

Well if it wasn't done every third day it might have some redeeming value, but there ya go.

There isn't much controversy about it, but something which is uber cool is a multicellular organism which doesn't require oxygen.

http://www.popsci.com/science/artic...ellular-animals-found-oxygen-free-environment

There's a whole list of questions about this that one could come up with in 30 seconds or less.

 

[pontifex]

Apparently there is controversy on how to spell regarding.