“Since different features can be built using the same genes, some of the similarities between chimp and human genes carry less relevance for an evolutionary interpretation of origins. The assumption that people are evolutionary relatives of chimps because they share similar genes is invalid for at least two reasons. First, even though research has found that a 4.4 percent average difference in sequence exists between the similar genes, there are in fact many distinct genes that humans have and chimps do not, and vice versa. Second, there is a large percentage of the two separate genomes that have not yet been correlated, and it is likely that significant non-gene sequence differences will become known—just as one recent study discovered.5
Even with the same or almost the same genes, many differences between apes and humans exist because the genes are “unpacked” differently during development. To make the story of human evolution plausible, its proponents need to demonstrate not only a natural mechanism that generates new complete genes from scratch, but another natural mechanism that generates the precise and effective gene unfolding programs that are known to produce distinct cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. “
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Clueless.
In all honesty, did you read it for understanding or just react. It takes time and effort to get close to truth. The author is simply saying that WE DON'T KNOW IT ALL YET! and asking the evolutionist to demonstrate it.
I understand the discussion on global warming is closed, maybe you would enjoy the that better.
They already did. A great deal is already known about this. Essentially new genes are not created from scratch but by combining and gradually altering parts of old genes. The various mechanisms that can produce these alterations are known. By comparing the coding of genes from various species one can often determine the exact series of alterations that produced a new gene.
but another natural mechanism that generates the precise and effective gene unfolding programs that are known to produce distinct cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. “
Epigenetics, the study of the signals that turn genes on and off, is a major focus of research right now. Since species gradually evolve, the mechanisms producing these signals only have to evolve gradually also.