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To: zimfam007
All one has to do is go back to the mid-1900’s

Why would you go back 150 years?

"Here we present a draft genome sequence of the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Through comparison with the human genome, we have generated a largely complete catalogue of the genetic differences that have accumulated since the human and chimpanzee species diverged from our common ancestor, constituting approximately thirty-five million single-nucleotide changes, five million insertion/deletion events, and various chromosomal rearrangements. We use this catalogue to explore the magnitude and regional variation of mutational forces shaping these two genomes, and the strength of positive and negative selection acting on their genes. In particular, we find that the patterns of evolution in human and chimpanzee protein-coding genes are highly correlated and dominated by the fixation of neutral and slightly deleterious alleles. We also use the chimpanzee genome as an outgroup to investigate human population genetics and identify signatures of selective sweeps in recent human evolution."

The argument is over. Darwin was right.

41 posted on 08/02/2008 9:36:43 AM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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To: Soliton

No sir you are incorrect it is merely a guess at best....... a circular argument pointing to homologies through the genome... (and I am not even addressing “junk DNA”)...... THERE ARE NO HALF-BATS...........


70 posted on 08/02/2008 10:01:44 AM PDT by zimfam007 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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