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But I keep hearing this thing about the "common ancestry"..

Actually there is no consensus on this. Now that there is evidence that things like eyes and lungs have evolved more than once, there is speculation that life (there is no consensus over whether the discussion should start with replicating molecules, viruses or cells) may have appeared several times or as much as 1,000,000's of times all over the universe, including in space. It seems like most of the folks arguing common ancestry now are the creationists and ID'ers.

It will be fun to tune in 100 or 200 years from now to see where this discussion has gone.

[js1138]

Lions and tigers living together, oh my!

[Fester Chugabrew]

It seems like most of the folks arguing common ancestry now are the creationists and ID'ers.

What science should bear out is common ancestry among "kinds" (Whatever THAT means!) but not common ancestry between them. I say "should" only because I consider the text of Genesis as presenting a reasonable account of origins.

[Dimensio]

It will be fun to tune in 100 or 200 years from now to see where this discussion has gone.

I'm sure that a small group of scientific illiterates will be discussing how evolution is on its last legs, how the death knell is about to sound, how evolution will be relegated to the dustbin of history "real soon now".