What will you believe if science recreates the beginings of life?

[Diuretic]

So, using the logic that because a species shares some similarities in genes, when did we split from Mice? Were we mice like before we became Ape like?

Some of us are still mice-like Rock

 

[FistyTheBadger]

So, using the logic that because a species shares some similarities in genes, when did we split from Mice? Were we mice like before we became Ape like?

All mammals have a common ancestor. All vertebrates also have a common ancestor.

 

[Ravi]

What I can't understand, and maybe someone can explain it...why does it upset people so much to think we share an ancestor with a chimp?

 

[jillian]

So, using the logic that because a species shares some similarities in genes, when did we split from Mice? Were we mice like before we became Ape like?

If I recall correctly, there's no more than one or two genes different between men and apes....

yeah, you're right... no evidence of evolution.

 

[FistyTheBadger]

What I can't understand, and maybe someone can explain it...why does it upset people so much to think we share an ancestor with a chimp?

Because they make that a comparison to a chimp, and they don't like what they see.

 

[Skeptik]

Because they make that a comparison to a chimp, and they don't like what they see.

Maybe the chimps don't like what they see, either.

 

[Skeptik]

How complex can it possibly be? He's arguing over a range that is so isolated that it has no bearing on the overall argument he's making. OK, a brook trout may not be like other trout, but I'm willing to bet it ain't even close to a monkey.

The point is that you can't go by appearance to determine where a creature is on the evolutionary tree. I used a trout example, because I'm familiar with trout.

I used another example, which no one has addressed:

Which is closer, a turtle and an armadillo, or a tiger and an armadillo?

 

[Missourian]

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Here is the question we were addressing.

Pardon me if this has been mentioned already, but does evolution include monkeys becoming man, or has that been ruled in or out by Science?

Here is the answer.

Yes, most likely our immediate ancestors looked more like chimps than like modern man. I suppose if you want to lump all non human primates into a single group, you could make a point that "man descended from monkeys."

From a scientific point of view, it is a lot more complex than that.

 

[Diuretic]

If I recall correctly, there's no more than one or two genes different between men and apes....

yeah, you're right... no evidence of evolution.

There's a BIG difference missie!

I ask you - do apes drink beer?

No.

I rest my case...............................

 

[Diuretic]

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Here is the question we were addressing.







Here is the answer.

Hey! I found the missing link! I used to work with the third bloke along! Yeah the one with the knife

 

[FistyTheBadger]

Maybe the chimps don't like what they see, either.

[sarc]That is really relevant.[/sarc]

 

[Skeptik]

Maybe the chimps don't like what they see, either.

[sarc]That is really relevant.[/sarc]

It is as relevant as humans looking at chimps, not liking what they see, and denying that we share a common ancestor based on emotion.

 

[FistyTheBadger]

Maybe the chimps don't like what they see, either.

[sarc]That is really relevant.[/sarc]

It is as relevant as humans looking at chimps, not liking what they see, and denying that we share a common ancestor based on emotion.

No it is not. It is purely liberal relativism.

 

[roomy]

[sarc]That is really relevant.[/sarc]

It is as relevant as humans looking at chimps, not liking what they see, and denying that we share a common ancestor based on emotion.

No it is not. It is purely liberal relativism.

Please limit your trolling to the flame zone, thanking you in advance for your cooperation.

 

[FistyTheBadger]

It is as relevant as humans looking at chimps, not liking what they see, and denying that we share a common ancestor based on emotion.

No it is not. It is purely liberal relativism.

Please limit your trolling to the flame zone, thanking you in advance for your cooperation.

I see you are jumpy today.

 

[KittenKoder]

Humans that deny we are just smarter (debatable) animals are in fact simply less different than the animals they wish to separate themselves from.