Steve700 wrote:
It is quite obvious that there is no way in hell that this single example of aerodynamic perfection came about in the slow process of evolution with no Super Intelligent Designer guiding the process
: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knlXTU1R_rE (Astounding, Astonishing, Beautiful and Magnificent & Well Worth Your Time)
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All life began from a common ancestor. According to most scientists, animal life
is thought to have evolved from a flagellated protist. This protist evolved by a cellular
membrane folding inward, which became the first digestive system in the Animalia
kingdom (Campbell, Reece &, Mitchell, 1999). As time went on, the animalia kingdom
became more diversified and the class Arthropoda arose. Arthropods had and still have
several characteristics in common. Some of these characteristics include segmented
bodies, jointed appendages, compound and/or median eyes, and an external skeleton.
Arthropods may breathe through their gills, trachea, body surface or spiracles. Within the
order of Arthropods there exits the largest class in the animal kingdom, Insecta. Insects
share such common features as three pairs of legs, usually two pairs of wings, a pair of
compound eyes, usually one pair of antennae, and a segmented body (head, thorax,
abdomen). But from where in time did all of these insects evolve?
Wingless insects first appeared in the Devonian period approximately 380 million
years ago following the development of the vascular seedless plants. Insects possibly
evolved due to the first appearance of seedless vascular plants. These plants were a huge
untapped source of food. According to fossil records, insects appeared quickly after
plants in order to possibly fill in a new niche.
The evolution of insects occurred in four stages