RE: DNA Proves Existence of a Designer
November 26, 2018 at 11:23 pm
(This post was last modified: November 26, 2018 at 11:24 pm by Everena.)
(November 26, 2018 at 10:36 pm)Paleophyte Wrote:(November 26, 2018 at 9:48 pm)CDF47 Wrote: I believe there is micro-evolution, adaptation, mutations,..., but not in macro-evolution. I do not believe a species can change kinds.
Then how do you account for the fact that we share 97% of our ERV with chimpanzees? ERV are Endogenous RetroViruses, viruses that inserted themselves into your DNA, got stuck there, and eventually were transmitted to the entire species. We share 97% of ours with the chimps, and that's the same virus in the same location with the same mutations and the same LTR "header" and "footer". Similarities of ERV are also seen in other primates and more distantly related organisms, with decreasing similarity observed between more distantly related organisms.
This is precisely what the theory of common descent predicts. How do you account for it?
That 3% of our DNA amounts to 330 million differences in DNA, and that is just what we know about so far. It only sounds small as a percentage and many have argued that it is the most important part of our DNA. Look at the millions of differences between a human and a chimp in regards to practically everything that matters about being human. We are worlds apart.