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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

Evidence....

“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.”

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v437/n7055/abs/nature04072.html


95 posted on 12/02/2008 5:57:19 AM PST by Natufian (The mesolithic wasnt so bad, was it?)
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To: Natufian

Are the authors of this article claiming to provide evidence that monkeys changed into people by the accruement of random accidents? There’s nothing in the abstract about that.


96 posted on 12/02/2008 6:10:28 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Darwinism!)
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To: Natufian
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

See it's the "since we diverged" part we're talking about. Talking about it as if it happened and never addressing it, only means you're talking about it and not addressing it.

Hardly proof.

338 posted on 12/10/2008 6:54:08 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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