If you were in a country where almost everyone had dark hair, skin and eyes, and you saw a few people with fair skin, red hair and blue eyes, you would probably conclude they were at least of the same ethnicity and possibly related, and you´d very probably be right. The same would apply to a few poodles among a population of German shepherds – they are similar and can be assumed to be related more closely to each other than to the other dogs.
Well, extending this to central Africa, suppose you see humans, gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees as well as other animals, say, flying squirrels, hippos, tree frogs and colobus monkeys, does it not seem to you to be a fair extension of that assumption that we too have a sort of "family resemblance"? Our lifestyles are pretty different, so it´s not like we´ve been designed for a similar approach, for instance humans hunt more, don´t climb trees, tend to live in savannah and gorillas are almost completely herbivorous, and bonobos and chimpanzees spend a lot of their time up trees. Our sexual and social behaviour is also very different.
I’m sat in the office facing somebody that I reckon to be the missing link.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
You know some insects really look like eachother even though theyre not the same
Animal instance
Mouse – hamster – rat
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September 28th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Humans descended from from them, yes. Are you telling me some people don’t believe that?! They should be stoned and exiled!
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September 28th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
speak for yourself
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September 28th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
You may look like a gorilla but I definitely do not
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September 28th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
no they donot.
especially with the brain size matter. gorialls donot have a religion or a language. they are primates and animals.
humans are the crown of the animal kingdom, were supposed to rule and use and make the nature up for their own will.
what is the difference between an animal and a human being?
it is religion and language.
do you want to be an animal?
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September 28th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Well, i do eat my bathroom waste and pick lice out of my father’s hair with my teeth.
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September 28th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
lol
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September 28th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Well, actually, a Carthaginian Explorer, Hanno the Navigator, was exploring Africa’s West Coast. He saw gorillas, but mistook them for people. Which is why they are called Gorillas today. The word Gorillae, is what Hanno called them.
The funny thing is, though, that Hanno actually captured 3 of them (female), and they were so savage he had to kill them. He even sent their skins back to Carthage, still thinkning they were humans. (I think the idea of Scalping was sparked from this encounter)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanno_the_Navigator#Expedition
September 28th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Creationists believe that Adam and Eve were real.nuff said.
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September 28th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
And share over 99% of the same DNA…..
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September 28th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Similar? Only to racists.
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September 28th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
You only have to look at their babies to realise we are all related.
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Atheist, Evolutionist
September 28th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
"what is the difference between an animal and a human being?
it is religion and language."
I don’t have religion. Does that make me not human?
Dolphins have a language? Does that make them human?
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September 28th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Apes and humans have a common ancestor that we all descended from. We did not descend from the modern ape, but rather, descended from a common ancestor.
There were many humanoid i.e. Neanderthal and many other species that lived a lot longer on this earth than man and were also descended from the same ancestor. We are a recent development on that progressive chain that continues to change even now.
We are still changing. The process has not stopped, it just happens so subtly and slowly that you have to stop and appreciate just how long it took for all of us to get here.
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September 28th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
The bone structures of the great apes are very similar to ours.
Wolves and dogs share a common ancestor, just the same as humans and apes do.
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September 29th, 2009 at 12:18 am
This is very much way way out of certainty, but a talking snake, Man, believe me, that was real.
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*toast..
September 29th, 2009 at 12:26 am
They look just as suspiciously similar as Plymouths and Chryslers. Or they look as similar as Fords and Mercuries. Or they look as similar as a Tahoe or a Yukon. – Same designer, genius!
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September 29th, 2009 at 12:34 am
That is because they are in the same animal family….just like a chicken and a partridge are both birds, humans and gorillas are both apes/humanoids..
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September 29th, 2009 at 1:13 am
In your analogy you compare one breed of dog to another breed.
None of the apes you mentioned are even from the same genus as Homo sapien sapien…more or less the same species.
Very poor analogy…try again.
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September 29th, 2009 at 1:49 am
i think you’ve no strong factual evidence. having the same look, doesn’t mean we are them (human = gorillas). an example, your face look alike your brother. so, does it mean that you were evolved from him? no, but you and your brother came from one source which is your mom and just as same as s and gorillas. having the same features doesn’t mean we are sharing the same genetics. okay?
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September 29th, 2009 at 2:18 am
i am an animal lover, it pains me to kill anything, even a cockroach, a most ugly pest. i have learnt to value the cockroach even though i kill them – my hatred of them ensures that i keep my kitchen clean otherwise they will be attracted to my home. now the subject of mosquitoes and pests that breed disease – what is their purpose?
i don’t know, i regard them as a curse. with mammals i regard them all as having a soul – you only have to look into their eyes to know that we are in some way we are related – and what is this connection? i call it a soul.
i believe i have a soul, you have a soul; i believe mammals have one. whether this extends to all other creatures, i don’t know, but i respect all animals as potentially having a soul. i regard myself as an animal and i see no physical distinction between myself and any other species of animal. i believe that God made man (humankind) in His own image, therefore we have authority on this planet, we are given many gifts, skills and resources, flexibilty of our bodies and thoughts which the other animals do not have. but we are still animal.
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September 29th, 2009 at 3:05 am
Hurumph! Speak for yourself dear, I look like a rabbit.
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*twitches nose*
I lack knuckle drag as I am sure you do too, but I have observed a lot of primates.
Some look like rats, goldfish and horses too, I’ve seen them all its a bit of a freak show out there isn’t it?
September 29th, 2009 at 3:38 am
What is Abcd a smoking "what is the difference between an animal and a human being?
it is religion and language."
Some Gorillas can sign over 100 words, one percent of their DNA is diffrent from us and I think they are smarter for not having religion. They are smart enough not to have imaginary things that they talk to when times are tough.
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September 29th, 2009 at 4:00 am
I’m sat in the office facing somebody that I reckon to be the missing link.
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September 29th, 2009 at 4:39 am
I’m not quite sure what point you are making.
Maybe that some groups of monkeys evolved while others didn’t?
Would that not be making the Creationists argument a little better?
Kp
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September 29th, 2009 at 5:13 am
It’s just like Camaros and Corvettes being similar. They are both cars with 4 driving wheels and 1 steering wheel, and 1 engine. The similarity is there because the designer used similar parts to accomplish the same function. It isn’t there because one evolved from the other.
http://www.khouse.org/articles/1997/143/
Cell Replication
The details of cell replication are too complex to be described in detail here. A simplified outline is given below to illustrate the incredible process involved: 5
1. Replication involves the synthesis of an exact copy of the cell’s DNA.
2. An initiator protein must locate the correct place in the strand to begin copying.
3. The initiator protein guides an "unzipper" protein (helicase) to separate the strand, forming a fork area. This unwinding process involves speeds estimated at approximately 8000 rpm, all done without tangling the DNA strand!
4. The DNA duplex kinks back on itself as it unwinds. To relieve the twisting pressure, an "untwister" enzyme (topo-isomerase) systematically cuts and repairs the coil.
5. Working only on flat, untwisted sections of the DNA, enzymes go to work copying the strand. (Two complete DNA pairs are synthesized, each containing one old and one new strand.)
6. A stitcher repair protein (DNA ligases) connects nucleotides together into one continuous strand.
Read and Write
The process described above is only a small part of the story. While the unwinding and rewinding of the DNA takes place, an equally sophisticated process of reading the DNA code and "writing" new strands occurs. The process involves the production and use of messenger RNA. Again, a simplified process description: 6
1. Messenger RNA is made from DNA by an enzyme (RNA polymerase).
2. A small section of DNA unzips, revealing the actual message (called the sense strand) and the template (the anti-sense strand).
3. A copy is made of the gene of interest only, producing a relatively short RNA segment.
4. The knots and kinks in the DNA provide crucial topological stop-and-go signals for the enzymes.
5. After messenger RNA is made, the DNA duplex is zipped back up.
Adding to the complexity and sophistication of design, the genetic code is read in blocks of three bases (out of the four possible bases mentioned earlier) that are non-overlapping.
Moreover, the triplicate code used is "degenerate," meaning that multiple combinations can often code for the same amino acid-this provides a built-in error correction mechanism. (One can’t help but contrast the sophistication involved with the far simpler read/write processes used in modern computers.)
A Common Software House
All living things use DNA and RNA to build life from four simple bases. The process described above is common to all creatures from simple bacteria all the way to humans.
Evolutionists point to this as evidence for their theory-but the new discoveries of the complexity of the process, and the fact that bacterial ribosomes are so similar to those in humans, is strong evidence against evolution. The complexities of cell replication must have been present at the beginning of life.
A simple explanation for the similarities of the basic building blocks can be found if one realizes that all life originates from a single "software house."
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