[Jaime2099]

" This particular tree shows that humans and chimps are closer to each other than either is to a gorilla. If you are counting the differences would be...

Human-chimp= 42+28 = 70 DNA differences
Human-gorilla=42+16+42= 100 DNA differences
chimp-gorilla=28+16+42= 86 DNA differences

This is the pattern we see repeated over and over again. Every tree we make based upon data shows that humans and chimps are closer than either is to a gorilla."

That is impressive DNA work I will agree, but how does it prove that humans evolved from apes? Is it not entirely possible that each exist on their own and simply share these similarities and always have and always will?

[CottShop]

[[That is impressive DNA work I will agree, but how does it prove that humans evolved from apes? Is it not entirely possible that each exist on their own and simply share these similarities and always have and always will?]]

Heretic! no No No! Go wash your mouth out with soap!

[allmendream]

Humans are still apes. Nothing is science is ever a “proof”, merely evidence. All apes (including humans) share both similarities and dissimilarities in such a pattern that they form nested hierarchies of interrelatedness, and humans and chimps are the two closest related apes.

[WOSG]

“Human-chimp= 42+28 = 70 DNA differences
Human-gorilla=42+16+42= 100 DNA differences
chimp-gorilla=28+16+42= 86 DNA differences

This is the pattern we see repeated over and over again. Every tree we make based upon data shows that humans and chimps are closer than either is to a gorilla.””

“That is impressive DNA work I will agree, but how does it prove that humans evolved from apes?”

It doesnt ‘prove’ it, but it makes other explanations all the more implausible.

“Is it not entirely possible that each exist on their own and simply share these similarities and always have and always will? “

Define ‘possible’. You can construct many scenarios to explain it, but what makes it ‘possible’ other than your own belief?

Are Gorillas and other apes related? Did they have a common ancestor?