SkepticThinker
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Who cares and why is that relevant?
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Is the evolutionary doctrine a racist doctrine?
- Thread starter Eli G
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Yup!
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Even though some societies do not have printing presses (human societies), do any chimp groups make printing presses? Well, as you said, adult chimps have the cognitive ability of a two year old human child, so I guess they do not feel the need or maybe they do to have printing presses.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
I don't think it's a bizarre question, but if you do, that's obviously your right to believe as you do.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Nope. You might outvote me -- but that's the way evolution goes...
Secret Chief
Very strong language
As I said above.... apes must be pretty rational in order to survive. And humans are not always rational - reading around RF confirms that.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
It reveals your complete misunderstanding of what evolution actually is.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
OK, ty for that. There is, however, quite a large difference between human cognitive ability and that of chimpanzees, unless of course, a person has disabilities, either by birth or otherwise.Yet the DNA is so similar, right, with only a few percentages difference between chimpanzees and humans.
"Humans and chimpanzees shared a common ancestor approximately 5-7 million years ago (Mya). The difference between the two genomes is actually not approximately 1%, but approximately 4%--comprising approximately 35 million single nucleotide differences and approximately 90 Mb of insertions and deletions." Comparing the human and chimpanzee genomes: searching for needles in a haystack - PubMed.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Aren't humans apes in your opinion?
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
That's not anyone's opinion. It's a scientific classification based on the EVIDENCE.
Huh?
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Sorry, as the question is scientifically inappropriate.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
It's actually around 99%: How Closely Related Is Human and Chimpanzee DNA?
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
OK, let's say that's true. I won't quibble about that. So that 99% or rather 1% difference makes quite a bit of difference in one's normal cognitive ability, right?
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
We can argue over this although I am not interested in arguing over words in particular, but I don't think it's "scientifically inappropriate" to ask, in essence, why chimpanzees would not biologically feel a need to communicate by written word. That 1% sure makes a difference, doesn't it? Be that as it may -- carry on --
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
You know there are many ways to communicate other than just the "written word" right?
It's amazing, different species have different ways of communicating. It's almost like they've evolved!
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
For almost 200,000 years, human beings also felt no need to invent the written word. In fact, hunter gatherer tribes today have no written word, or if they do, only have it because outside missionaries came in a created it for them. Why is that? Any theories?
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Let me put it this way: the chimp in the picture looks pretty dumb. OK, call me prejudiced. Maybe it's not dumb. But could not (so far) invent electronics to call for medical help. Now if you want to show/prove/demonstrate that chimps have the ability to "evolve" to higher consciousness somehow by priming them up and teaching them human things, ok, that's for you. This is not to say I wouldn't be kind to a chimp.