(May 8, 2014 at 11:56 pm)Beccs Wrote:From a biblical viewpoint, biological similarities between humans and other primates would be expected since both are fashioned from the same substance (‘out of the ground all the beasts…”), so genetic similarities should exist between humans and other animals. And an even greater dna similarity should exist between humans and other primates since the design template is basically the same.(May 8, 2014 at 11:52 pm)snowtracks Wrote: mankind is a standalone creation. the Neanderthals were a non-human bipedal primate.
Considering many of us have neanderthal DNA it means we were closely related enough to them to breed with them in the past. The same cannot be said for modern apes, some of which we share 90% + DNA with.
This seems to indicate that they were a human subspecies
now in the case of human beings (made in God's image), they have a spirit which accounts for behavior and cognitive ability differences from other primates.
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.