| bimmylee said: I almost feel like you're not paying attention on purpose. There has NEVER been a recorded instance of a Mitochondria living on their own, as their own cell. Even IF they were once free-living bacteria, they would be expected to exhibit some vestigial remnants of their former condition... of which they have none. Notice how the word "similar" is so prevalent in this theory. It's the only thing it has to go by. Not actual proof. Sorry. Also: "A talking donkey told me it doesnt in a 2000+ year old book." Are you comparing Endosymbiotic Theory to some obscure children's book written by Julius Caesar? Because I know you're not talking about the Bible. Interesting. |
No, I comparing it to a story in the Bible (Book of Numbers):
Then the LORD opened the donkey's mouth, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?" Balaam answered the donkey, "You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now." The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?" "No," he said.
Why does Mitochondria have to be able to live on its own today? Its been a part of cells for a billion years, so to think that it would still be able to be exist by itself is, well, asking a lot out of it. Some whales can't use their vestigial hind legs after a few million years in the sea, so imagine what a billion years would do to a Mitochondria's genome.
