The National Geographic said DNA studies have identified our common male and female ancestor, not hundreds, one each. And you’re right that we are not decended from Neandertal, my textbooks in the ‘60s and ‘70s said otherwise. Those ”scientists” were just plain wrong though they established that ‘truth’ in our courts to obtain admission to our schools. Neither natural selection or sexual selection is evolution. They are part of normal life. They may or may not result in changes, the changes may or may not result in changes. Almost half the “individual” species identified by scientists have been reclassified as merely variants within a species. But my question was only who believes and who doesn’t. I’ll mark France down as a “does believe almost exclusively in evolution”. Unless you’re enjoying debate, in which case, I’ll debate you on this. But otherwise, I wasn’t trying to convert the masses, only to find out if it’s really as uncommon as Bill Nye said.
Consider that you have been taught that evolution is true and just accept it without scrutiny. Animals like sharks, coelacanths, alligators and many insects haven’t changed. Even in the exact same environment as those who “evolved” and regardless of whether they were at the top of their respective food chains or the bottom. I remain unconvinced that evolution is sufficiently developed to be taught as fact in classes below high school. Just my opinion and why. I am surprised that apparently no Muslims believe. They are so fanatical I thought they’d have an opinion here.
How did Neaderthal disappear without heir? You said 4% of non-African DNA was neaderthal. Meaning as I said, we weren’t decended from as I was taught, we were contemporary as you were taught, a HUGE difference. Here’s a link to an article on the Geographic site.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/03/human-journey/shreeve-text/2
Yes, it doesn’t prove up Biblical creation. As long as they cling to a 19th c view of time it wont. But it does identify the common ancestors, which is miles from what we were taught just 40 years ago, and even further from what was taught 80 years ago. Facts don’t normally change, just the “facts” which support evolution seem to.
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