I might have made that last paragraph up.

Does Luca know Kevin Bacon?

He's not a common ancestor but he's a very common acquaintance.

tinselwolverine said:

Does Luca know Kevin Bacon?

He's not a common ancestor but he's a very common acquaintance.

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unfortunately no. you see, Luca died billions of years before Mr. Bacon was born, and starred in Animal House.

michchamp said:

unfortunately no. you see, Luca died billions of years before Mr. Bacon was born, and starred in Animal House.

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Oh.

Well if he's everybody's common ancestor he must've banged more broads than Wilt Chamberlain and Charlie Sheen combined.

michchamp said:

I might have made that last paragraph up.

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You can tell. Martin says things more like this:


"The big questions in evolution are the ones that grab our imagination: How did life begin? Where do cells come from? How did eukaryotes come to be? How does life become organized? How does it become complex, and what is biological complexity in the first place? How does energy figure into cell evolution? Where did the genetic code come from? Those are the kinds of questions that Franklin Harold, a grand master of cellular workings and bioenergetics, has packed into his latest book. . . . Sound interesting? It is. The book is a must for those interested in microbial evolution, life's origin, or both. . . . Coming into the final chapter, the reader gets a strong sense that judgment day and the unabated Wrath of God are lurking just around the corner, to be delivered ablaze with lightning bolts from above. There is chilling suspense that Harold is finally going to part the waters and thunder forth what he really thinks about all these ideas on early evolution, namely that individually and in sum they cut neither ice nor mustard, and that we are best advised to repentantly seek our drawing board, eraser firm in hand, with renewed resolve to do better in our next sixty years of attempt. I will not divulge here how much hellfire and damnation the final verdicts hold."--William F. Martin, University of Dusseldorf, Germany "BioEssays ""

LOL that's not how a man of science talks. is he just trolling his fellow scientists? forget to take his meds? high?

tinselwolverine said:

Oh.

Well if he's everybody's common ancestor he must've banged more broads than Wilt Chamberlain and Charlie Sheen combined.

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he did. lots of sexy female bacterium. he liked the she-bacteria that had the thick cell membranes.

michchamp said:

he did. lots of sexy female bacterium. he liked the she-bacteria that had the thick cell membranes.

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Like Kim Kardashicoccos?

michchamp said:

LOL that's not how a man of science talks. is he just trolling his fellow scientists? forget to take his meds? high?

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You'd have to ask him; I didn't make it up. Edit: but, I do think trolling is a possibility...or humoring/supporting the author. There's an amazon user review complaining about the religious overtones of the final chapter.

https://www.amazon.com/Search-Cell-History-Evolution-Building/dp/022617428X

michchamp said:

he did. lots of sexy female bacterium. he liked the she-bacteria that had the thick cell membranes.

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I don't want none unless you got cilium.

tinselwolverine said:

Like Kim Kardashicoccos?

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kinda, but these bacteria would be offended by the comparison to her... they're not as trashy. they're not a bunch of attention whores like her.

michchamp said:

he did. lots of sexy female bacterium. he liked the she-bacteria that had the thick cell membranes.

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Someone once told me that the reason pollen knocks us on our asses has something to do with its function involving permeating cell membranes, like sperm. Where most plant bacteria doesn't interact much and trigger an immune response in people, plant sperm tears up cell membranes even if it isn't compatible beyond that point. Sounds plausible. I don't know enough to refute it.

Gulo Blue said:

I don't want none unless you got cilium.

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Jennifer Lopecilium?

She has the thick cell membrane.

michchamp said:

he did. lots of sexy female bacterium. he liked the she-bacteria that had the thick cell membranes.

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If he was the common ancestor, where'd those sexy female bacterium come from?

KAWDUP said:

If he was the common ancestor, where'd those sexy female bacterium come from?

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I think that was the joke. or part of it.

michchamp said:

I think that was the joke. or part of it.

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Are you saying that you believe, that I didn't know it was joke concerning sexy female bacterium?

Seriously?

Come on !!! The movie Prometheus explained mankind's rise on earth right ?

Prometheus was an interesting movie.. I liked it overall.