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To: exmarine
Look - This DNA similarity argument has been used by evolutionists more times than I can count in my debates with them. Yes, it is an argument put forrth by evolutionists. It is certainly not a straw man I erected - I could never come up with such a lame argument.

What evolutionists say is NOT that men evolved from chimps. They say modern chimps and modern men both evolved from some common ancestor species. That is why morphological gaps exist. Species have finite lifetimes, so any smooth intermediaries between chimps and men can be taken off the books as wiped out. Evolution, when observed from any present moment, looks like a few late-autumn leaves, each on distinct, widely separated branches, because most of the leaves have fallen long ago. The model of evolution as a linear chain between men and chimps is an innacurately simplified model of evolutionary theory.

3,335 posted on 01/06/2003 3:56:47 PM PST by donh
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To: donh
What evolutionists say is NOT that men evolved from chimps. They say modern chimps and modern men both evolved from some common ancestor species.

No matter - this also would be a conclusion that has nothing to do with the premise, to wit: X is similar to Y in Z, therefore X and Y evolved from K. Huh? that doesn't follow either, does it?

3,373 posted on 01/07/2003 7:17:26 AM PST by exmarine
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