How many users on these boards actually support "The Theory of Evolution"?

[Rath]

Tyrannical said:

Rath said:
Tyrannical what you are arguing about is not evolution per se but rather clashes of societies.

The theory of evolution deals entirely with genetics, the minor genetic differences are not what caused for example the native Americans to be so disadvantaged against the European colonists, it was the fact that European society had advanced more.

Once again though tying up evolution with eugenics and genocide (incorrectly as it happens) doesn't actually have anything whatsoever to do with whether the theory of evolution is correct.

 

 So, Neanderthal going extinct was because of societal clashes instead of evolution?

 

For the most part no, Neanderthals is an extremely different case. Let me list the things that are wrong with your argument.

1.) Neither society was significantly more advanced. Both had discovered basic tool making but neither had advanced as far as farming. Essentially both were in the stone age.

2.) Humans and Neanderthals were significantly different, they are different species within the same genus. The differences are large enough that the natural advantages of humans over Neanderthals were extremely significant for competition between the races.

3.) Human races are not significantly different. In fact we are genetically nearly identical.

There are no subspecies of human, anybody who classifies the different races as subspecies is both ignorant and racist. Why? Because modern humans already are a subspecies. We are Homo Sapiens Sapiens. There is another Homo Sapien, Homo Sapiens Idaltu, which is now extinct.

4) Your entire argument is entirely irrelevant as to whether evolution is correct. You're essentially arguing that "evolution causes bad things, so therefore evolution is false", which is a pretty damned clear non-sequitur.