Evolution (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, October 12, 2009, 16:07 (5317 days ago) @ David Turell

Our earliest yet ancestor shows we are different in kind, not degree. We now are sure we did not descent from apes. We are not chimps!
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> > > http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091001/full/news.2009.966.html
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> > > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091001110548.htm
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> > Doesn't negate the concept of a common ancestor, however.
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> I know that. It is somebody at least 6 million years ago. There are theories that we were the main line and the apes branched off from us. Certain characteristics of the new find fit that. Also human and ape fetuses are very similar in features to start and then later more ape-like features appear in the apes.-
Another link to an author's summary from the Ardi team of researchers, showing the human lineage concept with apes branching off:-http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5949/74/DC1