> To focus in a little, how could one falsify the idea that
> some primate evolved into man?
Morphological dissimilarities in homo sapiens would obviously rule that possibility out, if they existed.
Finding australopithecus or other transitional fossils in , North America, South America, Antarctica, Siberia, or on any oceanic islands removed from Africa.
Finding a homo erectus or sapiens skull older than some of the earlier transitional forms.
Finding that the current rate of change of the human genome is too small to account for the magnitude of the differences between humans and chimps since the time of the proposed common ancestor.
Finding a common pseudo-gene between humans and old world monkeys that is not shared by gorillas and chimpanzees.
There are many predictions which common descent requires a priori that can be tested.
Are there any potential findings that could so disqualify ID? No, because whatever is found, people will just wave their hands and say "goddidit".
Why would that make any difference at all, monkeys came from something which came from something which came from something which came from bacteria. No physical anything about any creature can in any way disprove that we evolved from some monkey. There is no way to disprove it by any current differences. The theory can not be disproven.
How does this disprove that we evolved from monkeys?
The theory thrives today with no transitional forms. One can't concretely prove transitional forms or ages either. There is always enough wiggle room to believe as a person wants.
There is no change to human species such that one can prove that we are evolving in any way.
Finding a common pseudo-gene between humans and old world monkeys that is not shared by gorillas and chimpanzees.
Would only indicate a different path.
Given the alternative is that they were created
There are many predictions which common descent requires a priori that can be tested.
Are there any potential findings that could so disqualify ID? No, because whatever is found, people will just wave their hands and say "goddidit".
Both are religions, both are based on faith and esoteric mumbo jumbo that cannot be proven. I used to believe evolution was my creator, now I believe the bible. That's only a change in faith.
"Finding that the current rate of change of the human genome is too small to account for the magnitude of the differences between humans and chimps since the time of the proposed common ancestor."
What do you think of this then:
“Humans evolved their cognitive abilities not due to a few accidental mutations, but rather from an enormous number of mutations...To accomplish so much in so little evolutionary time—a few tens of millions of years—requires a selective process that is perhaps categorically different from the typical processes of acquiring new biological traits."
"...there may have been thousands of mutations in thousands of genes that contributed to the evolution of the human brain. This “staggering” number of mutations suggests the human lineage was driven by intense selection process."
from: http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050106/lahn.shtml