Halcyon
Lord of the Badgers
Hehehe, clever sey, but also deceptive. Phenotype reflects genotype. A cursory glance at a dolphin will tell you its not a fish, no gills for starters.Seyorni said:Physical forms can deceive you. Convergent evolution will create similar physical forms from very different original species. Dolphins are more marine bears than breathing fish -- but they look like fish. Form evolves to fit the ecological niche an organism inhabits.
The truth is in the DNA. Hominids are apes, not ursids.
Most taxonomy, even in the genetic age, is done via phenotypic similarities. You look at a chimp, you look at a bear - and without doing a PCR you'll know that the chimp is a closer relation to humans than a bear. Just as you look at a zebra and look at a tapir and you'll know that the zebra is the closer relation to a horse.
It's only when phenotypes are too close to judge that a DNA test is really necessary.
I wish there were money in science, unfortunately i have to live on tinned spam, just like Richard Dawkins.divinemission said:Come on your guys, you need to count and see of how many generation from bear to the first human until this genertion?
Your guys need to do home work. Again I know I am correct because I gave out the big picture of transformed from animal creture to human. I also kno, when this debate to on to scientists they will love to grap them in their hands, because there are a lot of money come to them.
Actualy all of your guys are participating in science classs. Please continue the debate with full respect to one another.
This here is a bonobo (relative of the chimpanzee), look at the ears - to the side of the head with a semi-circular shape, practically unmovable. The eyes - set central to the face, large round eye sockets, very human looking basically. The four fingers and the opposable thumb. Look at the flat face structure, the shape of the head - large forehead, bulbous cranium for a big brain, becoming smaller towards the chin. Look at the eyebrows, the lips, the jaw, the elbow and shoulder joints.
This here is a brown bear, notice the same body parts. Ears - on the top of the head, trangular and concave, good for picking up and amplifying sound, repositioned easily. The eyes are also quite central, but not as big nor as human as the bonobos eyes. Look at the paws, they're not even hand like - five digits, no thumb, splayed out evenly across the top of a padded paw, little flexablilty or tactile function, no grip. The face is snouted, the head is smaller with little forehead and small cranium for a small brain. The jaw and lips are more like a dog's than a man's. The elbow and shoulders are stronger, but less maneuverable, there's no way a bear could sit with its thumb in its mouth.
Divinemission, if simply looking at these two pictures cannot show you how wrong you are, there is no helping you.