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Spear-Chucking Chimps .....(implications for human evolution ? NOT)
Human Events ^ | 03/07/2007 | Joseph Farah

Posted on 03/07/2007 7:33:21 AM PST by IrishMike

The scientific journal Current Biology reports chimpanzees in Senegal regularly fashion wooden spears and hunt other primates with them, an observation, the report's authors say, that could have implications for human evolution.

Let's assume, for a moment, that the observations of researchers Jill Pruetz and Paco Bertolani are accurate and unaffected by their own obvious faith in the evolutionary creed.

It doesn't surprise me in the least that chimps might make primitive, little spears. It was the evolutionary scientists who taught us a generation ago that the only difference between man and other animals was that we used tools. I never bought that either.

Personally, I think the difference between man and other animals is that we are made in the image of God. That's my belief. You don't have to agree with me, but I think there is considerably more evidence to support my view than the view that life arose spontaneously from non-life and then evolved into higher life forms.

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Let the evolutionists isolate these chimps and do whatever they want to them, change their environment, let them watch "Tarzan" movies, allow them to listen to self-empowerment CDs, permit them to interact with people. Do this for generations. You know what you will have when you're all done? Chimps.

You can teach them to ride bicycles. You can dress them up. You can even teach them to use some simple tools. But, at the end of the day, they're still going to be chimps. Their DNA will be no different, their molecular biology unaffected.

And, after that experiment, the people who believe in evolution are probably still going to believe in evolution. But, no matter what they believe, they can't change the fact that they, too, are made in the image of God.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: evolutionists; religion; science; scientists
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1 posted on 03/07/2007 7:33:23 AM PST by IrishMike
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To: IrishMike

I am a pilot. Does my ability to operate an aircraft mean I am evolving into a bird? So many questions so little time.


2 posted on 03/07/2007 7:37:04 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
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To: IrishMike
My cat had a tee-pee scratching post. He would put his paw in the "door" and "launch" it about 60 feet. Does this mean cats are developing missile technology?
3 posted on 03/07/2007 7:38:44 AM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: IrishMike

Given the current climate on what you can say and what you can't say ... I'm not sure that you can say "Spear Chucking".


4 posted on 03/07/2007 7:39:11 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell was right.)
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"chimpanzees in Senegal regularly fashion wooden spears and hunt other primates with them"

Spears don't kill primates, primates do.
5 posted on 03/07/2007 7:39:43 AM PST by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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To: IrishMike
"chimpanzees in Senegal regularly fashion wooden spears and hunt other primates with them"

Spears don't kill primates, primates do.
6 posted on 03/07/2007 7:39:50 AM PST by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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To: IrishMike

The chimps saw it on TV.


7 posted on 03/07/2007 7:41:27 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Conspiracy Guy

"Does my ability to operate an aircraft mean I am evolving into a bird? "

Yes. Start looking for feathers to sprout.


8 posted on 03/07/2007 7:43:30 AM PST by Hoodlum91 (I support global warming.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

I like eating Pizza,
that make me Italian ?

Irish Mike


9 posted on 03/07/2007 7:44:24 AM PST by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: IrishMike
Spear-Chucking Chimps

That's Racist!

10 posted on 03/07/2007 7:45:09 AM PST by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Championship U)
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To: Grizzled Bear

"Does this mean cats are developing missile technology?"

Yes - watch out for the cats. They meet secretly to solidify their plans to conquer the world. They have developed a very intricate method of communication using the wires in the walls of your house. That's why every once in awhile they start staring at the wall and meowing at it. They are receiving instruction.

Once they learn how to open a can of cat food all hope is lost. We'll have to start living in underground caves.


11 posted on 03/07/2007 7:46:37 AM PST by Hoodlum91 (I support global warming.)
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"Does this mean cats are developing missile technology?"
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Of course not,
but if the cat donates to the DNC,
then it can buy the technology.


12 posted on 03/07/2007 7:48:53 AM PST by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: Hoodlum91

Gotta run. I have a nest to build.


13 posted on 03/07/2007 7:49:20 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
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To: IrishMike

Me too


14 posted on 03/07/2007 7:49:44 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
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To: dfwgator

Darn...beat me to it.


15 posted on 03/07/2007 7:50:36 AM PST by RichInOC ("I don't judge a man by the color of his skin. I judge him by the size of his nostrils.")
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To: IrishMike
Let the evolutionists isolate these chimps and do whatever they want to them, change their environment, let them watch "Tarzan" movies, allow them to listen to self-empowerment CDs, permit them to interact with people. Do this for generations. You know what you will have when you're all done? Chimps.

Somebody needs to buy Mr. Farah an Introduction to Biology textbook. If selection is taking place, chimp DNA will change. Period.

16 posted on 03/07/2007 7:55:51 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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What about those chimps who don't figure out how to make spears? Will the spear hunting chimps be forced to give half of their fresh meat to them? What about their self esteem? Will chimps demand that one can only hunt with wood tipped spears and not have them enhanced with stone?


17 posted on 03/07/2007 7:59:27 AM PST by DancesWithBolsheviks
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To: newheart

Jail them criminals!


18 posted on 03/07/2007 8:00:13 AM PST by usslsm51
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To: DancesWithBolsheviks

Will chimps demand that one can only hunt with wood tipped spears and not have them enhanced with stone?

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Every society, even the chimps need victims. We'll call these Democrat Chimps. They will want a chimp government so to speak, that will tax the stronger chimps who are successful and more productive.
We'll call these successful chimps ... conservative chimps.


19 posted on 03/07/2007 8:10:12 AM PST by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: IrishMike
Joe Farah is an idiot.

It appeared like he would make World Net Daily into a genuine mainstream news outlet, until he got wound up with this anti-evolution faith.

20 posted on 03/07/2007 8:13:50 AM PST by narby
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