Evolution: a different view (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, May 10, 2015, 19:29 (3484 days ago) @ David Turell


> > >David: I have a book, "Not a Chimp", by Jeremy Taylor, Oxford Press, 2009, which describes the DNA of humans and chimps at about 79% (from memory) the same.
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> > Tony: Was that counting or discounting the "junk" DNA?
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>David: Not mentioned. He admits the base pairs are 98% the same in total, but the gene expression in the brain and elsewhere is that much different. Quickly in the book I found one comment about 86.3% in the brain.-Well, so just slightly closer to us than a banana.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.