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Evolution study tightens human-chimp connection
EurekAlert (AAAS) ^ | 23 January 2006 | Staff

Posted on 01/23/2006 4:31:58 PM PST by PatrickHenry

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To: Virginia-American; warpcorebreach
DOn't we share most of our genome with a form of slime mold? I'm serious. Even closer to this mold than a chimp

Could you please document this claim?

Tut-tut, VA. We haven't met wcb's family. He or she could be telling the truth. I mean, look at the Clintons... ;)

161 posted on 01/23/2006 7:20:56 PM PST by freedumb2003 (American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
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To: LongElegantLegs

Every time I see your screen name I forget what the thread's about.


162 posted on 01/23/2006 7:21:10 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: PatrickHenry

Reciprocity is your friend.


163 posted on 01/23/2006 7:22:40 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Coyoteman
One suggestion: near the end, deal with the splitting of the herd. One part of the herd goes on the north side of the mountain (river, continent, etc.) while the other part goes to the south side. One part of the herd stays in the forest while the other part carefully explores the spreading grasslands. This gives changed (and changing) conditions which can in turn speed up adaptation.

Good idea. Definitely worth a paragraph.

164 posted on 01/23/2006 7:22:44 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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To: Revolting cat!; Coyoteman

Coyoteman, it looks like your skulls have competition for evidence of evolution. LOL


165 posted on 01/23/2006 7:25:12 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: TheBrotherhood
CM's creation myths. They are very interesting and entertaining.

Why are you being so reasonable all of a sudden? Not that there's anything wrong with it.
166 posted on 01/23/2006 7:25:12 PM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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To: kimosabe31
Did the forces of evolution exist only long enough to evolve man and then suddenly halt?

No... What makes you think it has?
167 posted on 01/23/2006 7:27:49 PM PST by whattajoke
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To: kimosabe31
WHERE THEN ARE THE TRANSITIONAL FORMS??

Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions by Michael Benton.

From PatrickHenry's List-O-Links. But you said you don't want to go to that site.

But wait! There's more!

Post 661: Ichneumon's stunning post on transitionals. Also from PatrickHenry's List-O-Links.

168 posted on 01/23/2006 7:27:51 PM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: sagar
How can such ring "evolve"? If the nature evolved the rings, why didn't the same nature evolve a ring around my finger? Why did I have to use a ring created by a jeweler?

Well, 'nature' did put rocks in your head.

169 posted on 01/23/2006 7:31:21 PM PST by Lester Moore (The headwaters of the islamic river of death and hate are in Saudi Arabia.)
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To: StACase
Oh man, what a load! You know, if they compared human DNA to grapefruit DNA and kumquat DNA there would have to be a closer match to one of them, let's say it turned out to be the grapefruit. Would that mean we're more closely related to grapefruits?

Strawman. No such comparison exists. If they compared my picture to a motorcycle would that mean that you are a bicycle?

Chimps, orangutans, gorillas and gibbons all have an evolutionary history just like we do, but the Lucies, Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Cro-Magnon man and the Neanderthals of their history aren't interesting in the popular press so the liberals leave them out and draw the line direct from chimps to hominoids. Besides, the explanation would be messy and convoluted if they put them in.

Science, unlike politics and religion, leads where it leads. If it wanted to avoid "messy and convoluted" it would just say "poof" like CRIDers do. Who needs messy and complicated thermodynamics? Angels hold planes aloft. It is a lot easier than actually applying the scientific method.

And when you get right down to it, the liberals are going to say we're more closely related to those pygmy bonabo chimps. You know why that is don't you? It's because the bonabos **** like bunnies. Liberals worship at the alter of promiscuity you know.

This is just meaningless gibberish.

Global warming, second hand smoke, chimp/human evolution, bad politically motivated science is the hallmark of liberalism.

Why don't you throw in halitosis and painful rectal itch? Using feelings instead of reasoning is the neon sign of liberalism. CRIDers are closer to liberals than conservatives in this regard.

You present not a single argument of any kind, just ad homimem rants.

But thank you for displaying standard CRIDer "reasoning."

170 posted on 01/23/2006 7:32:07 PM PST by freedumb2003 (American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
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To: kimosabe31
"Your ship is thinking pal.

Yup!

171 posted on 01/23/2006 7:32:59 PM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Mucho thanks for the never ending postings of, ahem, provocative articles about the joys and, ugh, wisdom, of evolutionary, uhm, "science". Here's something in return:

Troll - From the fishing term. As a noun, synonymous with flamebait. As a verb, to post controversial or provocative messages in a deliberate attempt to provoke flames.

(The grandmother was right after all when she counseled never to trust people with two first names.)
172 posted on 01/23/2006 7:34:02 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: whattajoke

You know I had forgotten about my profile page. Just thoughts that occurred to me on the spur of the moment.

Yes, I'm a Catholic and hate all this bickering amongst the different denominations. It would be nice to be able to put our differences aside and be united as a collective against the Islamic threat. I do not mean to advocate an outright crusade against Islam, but to be more vocal about our interests and, at times, when necessary more militant.


173 posted on 01/23/2006 7:35:49 PM PST by TheBrotherhood
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To: TheBrotherhood
First off, I think I'm going to save this post of yours on my desktop and ping you when one you evolutionists attacks and demeans one of us or when they admit that they don't believe in God.

Standard CRIDer Non Sequitur. The argument goes thusly:

"I believe that God created Man via {poof}"
"You don't agree with me."
"Therefore you don't believe in God."

I always try to remind you CRIDers that using this sort of false statement is a form of lying, which is forbidden by the 10 Commandments. But then you get angry and suggest that somehow or another pointing out this hypocrisy is breaking some kind of rule.

PS: I am a feverent Christian. Anyone who onserves the wonder and elegance and complexity of God's wonders, including the incredible tapestry of evolution, MUST at least believe in a wonderful, loving God.

174 posted on 01/23/2006 7:39:59 PM PST by freedumb2003 (American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
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To: Pharmboy

So it's not my staggering intellect that impresses you? ;-P


175 posted on 01/23/2006 7:40:54 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (Puppymillalicious!)
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To: MadManDan

No name calling- if anything, we are more maligned than evolutionists.

But Jesus put it this way- "My sheep know my voice."
We just see Him in everything. He's called the "Author of Life"- He actually wrote our genome. With a wave of His hand (if it would take that much effort on His part), he could call up a 4d hologram of your genome, and rattle off your base pairs from memory. Jesus tried to express this to people by saying- "The very hairs on your heads are numbered." -Something that boggled their minds back then. Today, we could say that God knows the momentum and position of every particle in the universe.


176 posted on 01/23/2006 7:40:59 PM PST by warpcorebreach
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To: sagar

Just different laws at that level. Only chaotic if you live within it.God exists outside of the universe.


177 posted on 01/23/2006 7:43:10 PM PST by warpcorebreach
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To: LongElegantLegs

If the Pharmacist ain't impressed, the cat is! My absolutely favourite book -- read it 6 times. at least, I'm serious, during my misspent youth!


178 posted on 01/23/2006 7:43:24 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: Dimensio

>Are you still repeating the well-debunked lie that Darwin repented on his deathbed?

Not on this thread yet, until someone mentions the fact that Darwin recanted and asked God for forgiveness in his last hours. Until then, my lips are sealed on this historical fact.


179 posted on 01/23/2006 7:43:35 PM PST by TheBrotherhood
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To: whattajoke

No, you missed my point about the watch or computer. My point being that we are technology. And we humans can equate primitive (human) technology with intelligence, but God's more (terrible) advanced technology, we equate with time, chance, and odds that are not rational to accept.


180 posted on 01/23/2006 7:46:08 PM PST by warpcorebreach
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