(November 27, 2018 at 2:41 am)CDF47 Wrote:(November 26, 2018 at 10:36 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: 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?
Similar design but totally different species.
ERV aren't part of any "design". They're fossil viruses stuck in your DNA.
It's true, you never see these two in the same room. What's the schtick? Is Everena your rugrat?