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To: b_sharp
The molecular evidence shows we diverged from Bonobos after we diverged from Pan troglodytes

Got a cite for that? What I've read says the bonobo-chimp branch was shortly after their common ancestor diverged from the human line.

356 posted on 01/24/2006 8:17:30 AM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: Right Wing Professor; StACase; VadeRetro; Oztrich Boy; Junior
My apologies to all that I confused with this statement. We did not diverge from Bonobos at a different time than from Troglodytes. They diverged after we diverged from them.

I have not been able to find the cite for the information I was basing my claim of closer relation to Bonobos than to trogs on, but if my memory is correct, there is an indicator that humans and Bonobos have a higher percent of the genome in common than humans and trogs but less than that of bonobos and trogs. There is also some indication that in certain areas of the genome we are closer to gorillas. Of course this just means that since the two separations we have had different segments of our DNA diverge.

I will try to find the cites for both. Until that time, please ignore that portion of my original post.

381 posted on 01/24/2006 9:48:57 AM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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