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Article Now to be Considered Mistitled

The real title for the article is "Chimps Belong on Human Branch of Family Tree, Study Says". Nowhere in the article does it make any mention of considering chimps to be human.

Now, biologists at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, provide new genetic evidence that lineages of chimps (currently Pan troglodytes) and humans (Homo sapiens) diverged so recently that chimps should be reclassed as Homo troglodytes. The move would make chimps full members of our genus Homo, along with Neandertals, and all other human-like fossil species."

I don't have a problem with reclassifying apes.

"We humans appear as only slightly remodeled chimpanzee-like apes,' says the study."

I DO have a problem with this statement. I would very much like to know the rationale behind it. We humans appear as slightly remodeled monkeys, too. After all, we're all primates. The Greenweenies may well use this stuff to ram more of their agenda down our throats.

THe article doesn't state that chimps are to be considered 'human' but it is throughout the whole article arguing that they are - "chimps belong on human branch of family tree" - WHAT family are they talking about? THere is a human branch they suppose and chimps are on that branch so they are human - and don't tell me this research is not designed to argue the case that they are human and should have human rights! Read about the attorneys working with gorillas that are trying to get into court to argue their rights. This research is designed to support that litigation.

http://www.cefr.org/cefr_learn_more.htm

Right now they are saying "non-human" animals have rights - by arguing that some animals are on our family tree and so should have 'human' rights - its so so obvious this is where they are going.

I predict the day is coming when we will have to make special accomodations on our busses for gorillas who will be left to roam the streets and because they might want to board a bus we need to make sure they can do so and humans who are frightened will have to be given special cages in which they can hide from the gorilla because they are prejudiced against the way the gorilla might behave on the bus.