TagliatelliMonster
Veteran Member
"Relationship"??? On what foundation is the family tree of animals built to suggest any genuine link between different species?
DNA
What solid proof exists that monkeys and humans share a common ancestor?
DNA
There is no concrete evidence;
Very very false
these claims are merely speculative and often contradict established facts, yet they are promoted as truths that should be accepted without questioning, by faith.
These are not mere "claims". These are genetic facts.
DNA has this cool property that it is inherited by off spring. This is how we can determine how closely related you and another random individual are.
It's how we know 2 people are siblings or first cousins or second cousins or more distant cousins.
It's how we know about Y-chromosome adam.
It's how we know about mitochondrial eve.
It's how we know humans and neandertals interbreed.
It's how we know humans and chimps share ancestors.
It's how we know humans and gorilla's share ancestors that are older then the ancestors of humans and chimps.
DNA is neat that way.
At least, there are some who have the decency to admit that they only believe in this "theory" because they have no other alternative that seems more "credible" to them and not because they think is been really demonstrated.
Sorry, no. Common ancestry of species is not a theory. It's a genetic fact.
Evolution theory deals with the mechanism of how evolution happens.
That species share ancestry is a fact. It's one of the many facts that the theory of evolution explains.
The confusion, or even the shamelessness of some, is to continue insisting that the evolution of species is based on direct facts.
It's not just based on facts. It IS a fact.
Beliefs on such transcendental matters as the true origin of humans and the purpose of life are not issues that should be accepted as truths because some people defend them with all the passion in the world.
This has nothing to do with "transcendental matters" or "the purpose of life" or whatever.
It instead has everything to do with cold genetic facts. DNA. It is what it is.
These issues are not resolved apologetically or by forcing others to accept them, but through conscientious and honest reasoning... something that many proponents of that theory lack.
It's a matter of accepting the facts of genetics.
In the colloquial meaning, when we use the word "animal", we actually mean "all animals except humans".PS: Who doesn't know the differences between animals and human beings? Com'on, stop wasting so much time on nonsense.
In a biological context, when we use the word "animal", we mean all organisms belonging to the kingdom of animalia, which includes humans.