(May 20, 2012 at 10:44 pm)Abishalom Wrote: It's simple logic...
How do you know that chromosome 2 in humans has the same function as the said corresponding chromosomes in apes?
We don't. Both of us agree that this single fusion could not have caused such drastic changes. But you say that said fusion event was a catalyst. Well then where are the other processes that led to a human from an ape after the fusion event?
We DO because the DNA sequences are very similar. You don't have to know what they do to know that they are very similar. What caused the increasing divergence between chimps and humans? The same thing that causes the divergence of other species: mutations and natural selection. It's the primary driving force of evolution!
