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> > dhw: [i]How huge is “huge”? [...][/i]
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> > And another which I referred to earlier but can’t find now:
> > "[b][i]The upper part of the maximum estimated range for H. erectus endocranial capacity (1,200 cubic cm) thus overlaps with the lower values expected for Homo sapiens.[/i][/b]"
> 
> I can't locate it either.
> > 
> > dhw: Please stop harping on about a huge leap. Our current size is no greater than that of late erectus.'
> 
> I'll harp as much as I can. You have offered no real proof of your position about size while studiously ignoring function.
> >   
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> > [b]Survival[/b]
> > dhw: [i]Whether your God designs all the adaptations and innovations makes no difference. If he designs them, it is in order for the organisms to go on living. There is no conflict between the two theories: in both, the purpose of the adaptations and innovations that lead to evolution is to improve chances of survival, as proposed by Darwin.[/i]
> > 
> > DAVID: [i]In the sense you are interpreting 'survival' you are correct, but it voids m y point that the driving force is God, and therefore survi val is guaranteed, not a struggle.[/i]
> > 
> > dhw: How can survival be “guaranteed” when all organisms die, and 99% of species have become extinct? Evolution does not mean “life”, it means adaptations and innovations which are intended to improve chances of survival and which lead to new species. And EVERY species struggles to survive, whether your God designs their adaptations/innovations or not. Why else would they try to eat and to avoid being eaten?
> 
> All living organisms want to live, but I don't see humans struggling to live  as wild animals have to do. It seems God favored us over them. As for 99%, they have to go to make room, and are discarded as less complex models of evolutionary advances. God guarantees what He wishes to guarantee. Obvious.