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> Dinosaurs are more like great-uncles than grandfathers, yes. Still, the common ancestor (just before synapsids split off from the rest of the lineage) isn't much farther back.

Okay, so you would probably say about the same thing about humans and chimpanzees, that one is not from the other but related further upstream. So, where did those two chromosomes go? Or did the chimp pick up two we don't have in his "evolution"? We have 46 they have 48.

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So, where did those two chromosomes go? Or did the chimp pick up two we don't have in his "evolution"? We have 46 they have 48.

One or the other. It's a divergent feature.

Against that, why all the features pointing to common heritage? Why do we have the same cytochrome C molecule, and save for one silent mutation the same cytochrome C gene? Why do humans and chimps have what amount to viral infection scars (retrotransposons and similar features) in the genome not shared with any other life forms on Earth?

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Furthermore, if there's nothing going on there, why do we find fossil series that point in the identical direction to the genetic evidence?

(Reptile to mammal)

From here.

(Ape to human)

From here.

The latter link also gives a great summary of the overall evidence for common descent, which is crushing. It's utterly ridiculous to try to turn a blind eye to all that, especially when everyone knows that your motivation for so doing has nothing to do with the science and everything to do with your religion.