How could evolution have produced male and female?

The first life would have had to be asexual, such as bacteria are today, as most biologists will admit. How did it split into male and female? If it somehow formed a male, it would also have to form a female at the same time in order to produce progeny. That means there would have to be at least 2 seriously significant mutations producing 2 completely different results which allowed the previously self-replicating life to suddenly require each other in order to replicate. And the mutations would be very complex in nature even at a basic level, for there must be compatible mechanics to combine genetic material in addition to having "male" and "female" genes which combine (egg and sperm, or the equivalent). Moreover, both of these mutations would have to exist at the same time, in close proximity to each other (can't mate if they are not together), produce a number of offspring of both sexes to keep the pattern going, and both/all survive an environment in which they were unique. Also, they would somehow have to know, with only animal intelligence, that in order to reproduce they must mate, contrary to the "evolved" instincts of their forebears of self-replication - or else there must be another major mutation in each that causes a mutual attraction similar to animals being in heat, which is a different though related biological function. They would also have to know how to reproduce, know the mechanism by which they could combine their genetic code. And I am sure that there are even more complexities involved in even the simplest 2 sex species know to exist which I am missing.

Doesn't multiple sexes tend to support Intelligent Design better than evolution? (The reason I put this in R&S)

Anonymous2008-09-30T06:28:07Z

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Mysteries In Science
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The Young Age of the Earth
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The Origin of Man by Dr. Duane Gish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3FZDysZKFQ

The Origins of Life
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Evolution: Challenge of the Fossil Record - Part 1 of 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NkO6fQvydM

Skull Fossils - As Empty as the Evolutionary Theory
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Neanderthals - Smarter Then We Thought
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Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards
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Atheist's NightMare: Evolution
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Our Solar System: Evidence For Creation
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samuel ep2008-09-30T11:54:24Z

Even in evolution there needs God's intervention, that a male and female of a new species evolve simultaneously or at least a new counterpart of the opposite sex get evolved in the life span of the first evloved new individual of a purticular new species.
Don't ask such difficult puzzling questions to the intelligent scientists of etheists!

1ofU2008-09-28T18:01:08Z

Sex, biologically defined as the exchange of genetic material, began before there was a differentiation of sexes. Bacteria, which as you noted reproduce asexually, have sex. They swap genetic material. This blows your contention that simultaneous mutations would have had to occur. There is no irreducible complexity here. It was all a gradual, evolutionary development.

Why do people who have obviously never taken a Biology class think they can discover a fault in scientific thinking that will overturn the basic paradigms of Biology?

?2016-05-28T07:40:07Z

I'm no scientist, but i believe its difficult to pinpoint exactly when male and female genders appeared. It is possible that it appered simultaneously in many organisms of many species. However, posting this in R&S section (specially since the question doesn't have one single relgious/spiritual word), it looks like you're desperately trying to fit adam and eve into evolution.

Lady Amairany Gray2008-09-28T18:02:30Z

Male and female didn't form separately, genius, same species, same everything, just a couple of differing organs. Sexual reproduction evolved because it's a better system, and mating is an instinct (except in humans, it seems, because our survival is in no way threatened anymore. Except by ourselves, and if that happened, reproducing more wouldn't help one bit) There's a relatively equal number of males and females because genetics ensure that both are equally likely. We are animals. We still go in heat, but now our senses are dulled, so we don't pick up on it and it's not necessary to anyway.

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