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To: Blueflag
In the classic example ‘we evolved from chimps’

Red herring. We didn't evolve from chimps.

Human children share the same genome as their human parents by definition - since they are in the same species.

That's because you need to look at the larger picture. The genetic differences between any one generation and the next are small. However after, say, 10,000 generations, there may be significant differences. Speciation occurs when you have two populations that are reproductively isolated. Look at bonobos and chimpanzees, closely related, but evolving differently after being separated from each other by the Congo River (which they're afraid to cross).

90 posted on 11/07/2014 3:57:44 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

In your science, what are the evolutionary predecessors of Homo sapiens?

(Hardly a red herring)


102 posted on 11/07/2014 4:14:48 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Alter Kaker
Rest easy. I have figured out why this creature is extinct.

If you will but consult the illustration in the WaPo article you can easily see that the ichthyosaurus was definitely gay. Apparently adoption was not an option.

BTW, that fossil thing should have never been dug up. God buried it deep for a reason.

Look at bonobos and chimpanzees, closely related, but evolving differently after being separated from each other by the Congo River (which they're afraid to cross).

Nah, the Chimps are afraid. The smarter Bonobos could cross in a heart beat. I too have relatives for whom I would not cross that river.

103 posted on 11/07/2014 4:14:50 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (Now all the Republicans need is a PROGRAM, A PLAN, and a LEADER!)
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