Posted on 05/20/2003 2:05:10 PM PDT by kkindt
A new report argues that chimpanzees are so closely related to humans that they should be included in our branch of the tree of life. Chimpanzees and other apes have historically been separated from humans in classification schemes, with humans deemed the only living members of the hominid family of species
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
You've got the cart before the horse, sir. Theories don't have to be proven false, theories by definition are unproven suppositions. Until a theory is proven true, it remains an hypothesis, a guess. The onus is on you to prove your conjecture. Indeed, your very question is a ruse.
Thank you for so eloquently proving my point. Last time I checked, NASA makes those little ship thingies that leave the earth. :o)
Heh.... Some of us just think it is pretty fascinating... You on the other hand, only worry about whether or not you are going to have to share something with a monkey.
If you guys would have read the article, it clearly does not say "Chimps Now to be Considered Humans". It just means that somewhere 5 million years back on the tree, there are branches close enough to consider them on the same Genus.... not the same species. We can't breed, let alone marry.... don't worry yourself about it.
Oh brother. Yes, we do leave the earth.... Relatively speaking, our space flights have brought us great leaps, but relative to how big a place the universe really is, not much higher than a pole vaulter.
Funny, we share the same fear. That and my additional fear that they will think we don't know that "scares" is not possessive.
And as we all know, there is what we call "exact science", hypotheses that can be proved, or reproduced through experiment, etc. There are different forms of science. The people who try to present these ape/man/origin-of-man theories as exact science need to be exposed. And judging by the rage of some these pseudo scientists, I can see they don't like to have their misrepresentations torn apart by logic and reason. They present their findings, but festoon them in a fashion that attempts to confuse the reader into thinking their theory has been proven by exact science, it's all smoke and mirrors. That chimps have a 99% similar DNA to humans means nothing to the origin of man, especially when you consider that cats have a 90% similar DNA to humans. And even more so when you consider the fact that science itself has never held DNA to be the indicator of human origin. There are so many presumptions, presppositions and holes in this "scientific" argument that it's like Swiss cheese. As for me, science itself proves the existence of God, just as the Masterpiece proves the existence of an artist. Pax Chrisi.
Uh huh.... doesn't surprise me, cats and humans are both mammals. The distinctions become smaller the closer you get.... kindof like taking a distance and with each step cutting it in half.
They present their findings, but festoon them in a fashion that attempts to confuse the reader into thinking their theory has been proven by exact science...
That is bull. No one educated at all believes that theories about things as massive and unrepeatable as creation or evolution are fully known, proven, or that there will be no more mysteries or surprises or future better theories.
As for me, science itself proves the existence of God, just as the Masterpiece proves the existence of an artist.
Uh huh.... OK - Some still make a life out of finding out a couple more details. For some, just knowing more about it is cool.
I would bet on that, have you ever taken a close look at CARVEL.
I would not bet on that, have you ever taken a close look at CARVEL.
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