Quote:And then why do you guys keep slapping us with the fact fact humans are 98% chimp?
Hold the phone there buckeroo;
Humans are not descended from apes,we ARE apes. (primates)
"You guys?" To whom do you refer? Members of this forum? I have never slapped anyone with that fact; I was barely aware of it as it's not a big deal to me. I have long been under the impression that homo sapiens sapiens are genetically closer to pigs than other apes.
Or do you perhaps mean atheists? An atheist is simply a person who does not believe in god(s). There is no such thing as 'an atheist position' on ANY other thing.
Next, lose the idea that evolution is somehow the purview of atheists. It isn't.In fact it may surprise you to know that it is the lunar religious right (literalists) who are in the minority.Mainstream Christian churches such as the Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans see no conflict between the established fact of evolution and their faith. I was taught evolution as science at the Catholic school I attended in the late 1950's to early 1960's.
Finally,just a suggestion; if you want any credibility at all,perhaps actually read some Darwin,or get a competent year 10 science teacher to explain evolution to you.Then you may not seem quite so ignorant. (no offence)
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PRIMATES:
A primate (pronounced /ˈprаɪmeɪt/, us dict: prī′·māt) is a member of the biological order Primates (/prаɪˈmeɪtiːz/ prī·mā′·tēz; Latin: "prime, first rank"[2]), the group that contains lemurs, lorisids, galagos, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes, with the last category including great apes.[3] With the exception of humans, who inhabit every continent on Earth,[a] most primates live in tropical or subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia.[4] Primates range in size from the Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur weighing only 30 grams (1.1 oz) to the Mountain Gorilla weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb). According to fossil evidence, the primitive ancestors of primates may have existed in the late Cretaceous period around 65 million years ago, and the oldest known primate is the Late Paleocene Plesiadapis, c. 55–58 million years ago. Molecular clock studies suggest that the primate branch may be even older, originating in the mid-Cretaceous period around 85 mya.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate
PIGS AND HUMANS
Quote:We took the human genome, cut it into 173 puzzle pieces and rearranged it to make a pig,” explains animal geneticist Lawrence Schook. “Everything matches up perfectly. The pig is genetically very close to humans.
http://nationalhogfarmer.com/news/human-to-pig/
