Education & Reference an evolutionary question

[Cap]

So I was thinking about the dinosaurs, you know with the evolution of aggressive and defensive weapons and what not.

So it got me wondering, in terms of the evolution of humans.

If we were to take a person - shoot them in the chest but ensure survival, then do it with someone of the opposite sex - then make them have kids then get their kids and arrange from them to be shoot in the chest and survive.

my question is, how many generations of the same family (assuming we make sure both parents of each person has also been shot in the chest) would it take before the chest became thicker to the point a bullet wouldn't actually penetrate the chest?

or doesn't evolution work like that

 

[Aussie Assault]

Good question

 

[Marlowe]

Good luck finding volunteers.

 

[Kyptastic]

AFAIK, DNA doesn't work that way. So it wouldn't really work.

You'd be better off shooting 100 people in the chest, finding which ones had the least damage done to them, then breeding them together. That way, a 'thick chested' trait would be favoured and more likely passed on to any offspring.

 

[Mooster7]

Thread belongs on the Socialists, Atheists & Tin Can Philospher's board (aka Society, Religion and Politics).

Toss this bone over there and watch that swarm of piranhas chew themselves to death in a desperate attempt to be the first to prove that they think for themselves.

Report back.

 

[Bluelegs]

Evolution goes kind of like this. Say there is a species of bear in northern parts of the world where it snows are all time, these bears are generally brown but colour can vary slightly from bear to bear, so there are dark bears and light bears by genetic luck. Turns out the lighter bears are more effective hunters as they are able to blend in with the snow moreso than the dark bears, so the dark bears are more likely to go hungry and less likely to mate and bear (no pun intended) offspring. Meaning that the lighter bears become the dominant population and their lighter fur genes progress rather than the darker fur genes. After a ****ing long time the darker bears either migrate or go extinct due to their disadvantages in the great white north and the lighter bears continue to get lighter and lighter as their generations progress. Eventually these lighter bears become polar bears a species which can nearly perfectly camouflage with the snow.

So your question was if you shot generation after generation in the chest would they eventually gain a stronger chest that could withstand bullets. I'm not exactly sure it would. Rather a situation would have to occur in which a lot of people got shot in the chest, a fair bit and there were naturally some people who had stronger chests than others and could survive the shot. Those ones are more likely to have kids who would carry the same strong chested genes, rinse and repeat eventually there might be a species of people with strong enough chests to withstand bullets.

 

[Bluelegs]

Thread belongs on the Socialists, Atheists & Tin Can Philospher's board (aka Society, Religion and Politics).

Toss this bone over there and watch that swarm of piranhas chew themselves to death in a desperate attempt to be the first to prove that they think for themselves.

Report back.

I don't think you understand what evolution actually is.

 

[Aussie Assault]

If I ever shoot someone in the chest I'll use this thread as my defence.

"It's for science, man."

 

[muttweed]

I don't think you understand what evolution actually is.

Do you believe in evolution?

 

[Bluelegs]

Do you believe in evolution?

It's like asking me if I believe in gravity.

 

[muttweed]

It's like asking me if I believe in gravity.

Then explain how your club evolved

Are they the exception to the rule?

 

[Bluelegs]

Then explain how your club evolved

Are they the exception to the rule?

If AFL clubs evolved from VFL clubs. Then why are there still VFL clubs??

 

[Mooster7]

I don't think you understand what evolution actually is.

Why would you say that? Because my post had absolutley nothing to do with evolution? This leads me to suspect that you don't understand what a copper clad stainless sauce pot actually is.

 

[Bluelegs]

Why would you say that? Because my post had absolutley nothing to do with evolution? This leads me to suspect that you don't understand what a copper clad stainless sauce pot actually is.

Because you grouped a question about evolution with Society, Religion and Politics. Which it has nothing to do with.

 

[Mooster7]

Because you grouped a question about evolution with Society, Religion and Politics. Which it has nothing to do with.

Have you ever been to that board? They have a 10,000 page evolution debate every other week. That's why I grouped it there. EDITED TO ADD: And if you think evolution has nothing to do with society, religion and politics, you live under a rock.

But while I'm here, there's this:

It's like asking me if I believe in gravity.

I know for a fact that you don't understand what gravity actually is. However, your faith is touching.

 

[Poseidon]

Only if God allows it, you heathen.

 

[muttweed]

If AFL clubs evolved from VFL clubs. Then why are there still VFL clubs??

Because the VFA got renamed to the VFL.

 

[Cap]

I'm now disappointed I can't start my plan to evolve a super breed of thick chested human shield

 

[Bluelegs]

Have you ever been to that board? They have a 10,000 page evolution debate every other week. That's why I grouped it there. EDITED TO ADD: And if you think evolution has nothing to do with society, religion and politics, you live under a rock.

Well, you're right, I don't go to that board much and evolution is a topic that comes up in those topics from time to time but in the end evolution is still a scientific topic and belongs in that category.

But while I'm here, there's this:



I know for a fact that you don't understand what gravity actually is. However, your faith is touching.

Huh???

 

[Mooster7]

Well, you're right, I don't go to that board much and evolution is a topic that comes up in those topics from time to time but in the end evolution is still a scientific topic and belongs in that category.

My advice for you is to keep not going to that board much. It's a poisonous quagmire. Evolution is not only a debated topic within science (even among scientist who are dedicated to the theory) but evolution is also a hotly debated topic in each category of 1.) Society 2.) Religion and 3.) Politics. It's a topic that can really belong anywhere although I don't recommend it in pub full of drunks.

Huh???

See? I told ya. Gravity isn't the quality of down-ness. Nor is it in any quantifiable sense the curvature of spacetime. We all know gravity can be a harsh mistress, but she's also a deeply and profoundly mysterious bitch who probably holds the keys to all the answers of instrinsic reality. Walk a while with her and you will probably not concern yourself with whether or not evolution is a science or a social subject.

 

[FoolCat]

If AFL clubs evolved from VFL clubs. Then why are there still VFL clubs??

If humans evolved from chimps, then why are there still chimps??

 

[The_Reaper]

If humans evolved from chimps, then why are there still chimps??

Some chimps didn't reach level 16.

 

[Bluelegs]

Some chimps didn't reach level 16.

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

So I was thinking about the dinosaurs, you know with the evolution of aggressive and defensive weapons and what not.

So it got me wondering, in terms of the evolution of humans.

If we were to take a person - shoot them in the chest but ensure survival, then do it with someone of the opposite sex - then make them have kids then get their kids and arrange from them to be shoot in the chest and survive.

my question is, how many generations of the same family (assuming we make sure both parents of each person has also been shot in the chest) would it take before the chest became thicker to the point a bullet wouldn't actually penetrate the chest?

or doesn't evolution work like that

 

[neroblack]

I'd like to think that my future children will just automatically know not to click on a thread like this when they come across one sometime in the future.