[GodGunsGuts]

Yes, Allmendream—I'm calling BS on the notion that chimps are closer to humans than to apes. You can't have it both ways. You can't have two organism that are closer to each other than a third organism in terms of body plan and functional needs (which you freely admit), while at the same time being closer to the third organism in terms of the genome and epigenome. As I said, it's a logical impossibility. And the fact that you can't see that, or are even willing to question the Temple of Darwin's wisdom on this subject, suggests to me that your mind is further gone than even I originally suspected.

And let me reiterate...I don't know why you keep trying to limit the discussion to DNA when you know the totality of what makes organisms similar and different is much more complex than DNA. That would be like only using bricks to compare the similarity and differences between two houses.

[allmendream]

Calling B.S. based on what? Your minds inability to deal with the data?

The data is there. I am not “limiting” the argument to DNA, I am pointing out that your ‘similar body plan, similar lifestyle = similar DNA’ so called explanation for ERV data breaks down as soon as you look at the data in detail.

For example based upon body plan one might think a wolf and a huskie have more in common in DNA than a huskie and a dachshund, but based upon common ancestry one would predict correctly that the huskie and the dachshund are more similar in DNA despite their different body shapes, fur type, etc.

My mind is just fine over here GGG, it is you who never did understand what the ERV data shows. This has been known for over a decade, and I have explained it to you myself repeatedly. You are only now catching on. Wow!

[allmendream]