Evolution

[Abishalom]

It's really comical how you bring up a topic that is the best prediction we have that the theory of evolution makes and you use it to try and disprove evolution. A fairly common number given for the rate of mutation in our DNA per generation is approximately 200.

Ok now take that 200 and divide it by the 20,000 genes (lower limit) in the human genome (you're gonna get a small number).

Did I say genes moron? I am talking about SNPs. SNPs are single nucleotide polymorphisms which you apparently never heard of.

First of all you never mentioned SNP (which I did not know what that was). But I did a little research and you're not talking about what I'm talking about if you're thinking about SNP. From what I've read SNP's are associated with disease and SNP apparently do not change often from 1 generation to the next (so good luck trying to explain how diseases lead to an entirely new kind of species). I'm just talking about mutations per generation. There are 100-200 mutations per generation occurring in 3 billion base pairs. Which equates to 1 mutation ever 30 million base pairs. So take 200/3,000,000,000 (you'll get an even smaller number). That is how prevalent mutations are to unblemished DNA per generation. Oh an keep in mind that the bad mutations outweigh the good.

Given our split with chimpanzees was about 6 million years ago that means our DNA has changed about 1% in those years. Chimpanzees DNA accumulates mutations at the same rate of 200 per generation (as does all DNA based life - all life except Christian fundamentalists). That would mean our DNA should be approximately 2% different. The difference is measured at 1.4% but why the difference? Natural selection has weeded out the "bad" mutations and kept those that are either beneficial or neutral.

Don't let your imagination run too wild on you buddy. They say we are 96% related to apes BUT we do not even know the function of over 97% of the human genome. So their "proof" that we are relate is that we have 46 chromosomes and they have 48 chromosomes (46/48 is about 96%). Gee talk about intellectual dishonesty.

Chromosomes are not the totality of our genome. Are you sure you're more than 12 years old?

Actually 46 chromosomes make up our ENTIRE genome. Yes, all 20,000+ protein coding genes are embedded within those 23 chromosomal pairs (which is comprised of even more complex non coding material). And even though we DO NOT know the function of over 97% of our genome they still say we are related based on the # of chromosomes.