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To: combjelly who wrote (246311)	8/16/2005 11:09:22 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571806

FWIW, according to current evolutionary theory, we didn't descend from apes. Both we and the apes descended from some common ancestor. Not to nitpick, but we are for all practical purposes, Old World apes. It shows up most nicely in the chromosomal numbers, Old World apes have 24 pairs, we have 23 pairs which we know to be the result of a fusion event in our lineage. If one next looks at viral relics in the genome, there is no wiggle room left for anything but common descent with Old World apes. Nice point on the literal Biblical view and the resulting VERY high evolutionary rate. If one believes in a literal 6000 year old earth and common descent from Adam & Eve, then you are a very strong proponent of evolution & natural selection. LOL!

To: combjelly who wrote (246311)	8/24/2005 6:44:16 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571806

There is a lot of evidence. Humans have intentionally bred for certain characteristic in animals and plants for thousands of years. Look at dogs, a Chihuahua and an Irish Wolfdog are the same species by any definition in use today. Yet they differ in mass by orders of magnitudes. Insects develop resistance to pesticides, bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics. Virii develop new ways to circumvent the immune system If anything this to me seems to be great evidence for the idea of "Intelligent Design". In this case "The Humans" provide the intelligence to monitor and guide the selection system that leads to "improvements". How do you believe those dogs would look if a random generator had replaced the decisions of the intelligence of "The Humans"? Not to mention the bacteria and other vermin... Taro