[b_sharp]

"So, based upon the theory espoused by some that forming social organizations is an advanced form of evolution...

"Humans - evolved
"Cougars - not evolved
"House cats - perhaps evolved
"Dolphins - evolved
"Honey bees - evolved
"termintes - evolved

"I think this is made up. I think that humans recognize a moral value to other human's lives and that is why they value them, not for selfish survival needs

You are quite right, it is made up - by you.

No one ever said that evolution is more advanced in social animals. We said, if you would care to read the posts, that the evolutionary path taken by any given organism is based on different circumstances and is therefore different. One path is not 'more' or 'less' advanced than any other, just different.

[Dark Knight]

There is clear evidence against intelligent design.

What intelligent designer would put a recreation center next to a waste disposal facility?

DK

[Paloma_55]

One path is not 'more' or 'less' advanced than any other, just different.

If I read this right, it is an enlightening statement.

It suggests that since we all exist in the same plane of time, we are all equally evolved. We just evolved to different things, but the level of evolution is equal.

It raises questions about Budhism... maybe we should not kill a bug because it is equal in evolution to us?

And it raises questions about why monkeys, which are supposedly evolved from the same branch of the tree, stopped evolving..in fact, stopped evolving for millions of years.

Has anyone found the equivalent of an Australo-pithecus for the chimpanzee?