Quote:I'm hirsute and love bananas but not an ape.
Yes, you are. So am I and so is every other human being on the planet. Humans, gorillas, chimps and bonobos are taxonomically identical down to the Family level (Hominidae).
To claim that human beings are not apes is precisely akin to claiming that Chihuahuas are not dogs because they don't look exactly like mastiffs.
When you deny the basic precepts of biological evolution (common descent, speciation, natural/sexual selection, and so forth) and do so in the face of overwhelming evidence for evolution, you're simply displaying a willful, deliberate ignorance. This is the intellectual equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears, squinching your eyes shut, and shouting, 'Nyah, nyah, nyah, I can't hear you!!'
You've lost this one, Rev. Evolution is a fact, as little in doubt as gravity. When you claim the opposite, you look as foolish as someone doubting that gravity is real.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
