Other Forms of Life (Evolution)

by David Turell , Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 00:51 (5638 days ago) @ BBella

However, on point 2 I want to point out that the universe we live in is uniform in how matter is spread out, and all of the universe has the same elements, unless the ones we created are unique, because we are alone. 
 
> David, in saying "the ones we created" above, do you mean we created by evolving? > 
 
> >It appears that life forms elsewhere should be built as we are from carbon, which is the simplest way to combine elements to form living organic chemicals. Granted the DNA eleswhere may have different programming. I mean this broadly, not that God programmed it, but that the inherent programming that developed on another planet was different, and it well could be. >
 
> 'If' we were created from a combination of these beings DNA and our own evolutionary beings (animals/apes/etc) DNA here on earth, wouldn't it be difficult for us to detect within ourselves this duplicity? As we only have our own beings, animal, etc., here on earth to compare it to. Our own DNA is only a certain small percentage different than our animal cousins here (apes), correct? What or where did the other DNA that is not like the ape come from, or what is it similar to (forgive my ignorance)? > - When I said all the universe has the same 'elements', I am talking about the 92 original atomic elements. Remember the 'periodic table ' in chemistry. Atomic scientists have now made about 16 more, that exist nowhere else, unless there are other beings as smart as us or smarter. - As far as DNA is concerned as I mentioned before, the evolution of DNA is being studied from the earliest simple organisms to humans, making a whole DNA tree of evolution. Virus DNA has been found to have added itself (somehow) to human DNA. These comparison studies appear to be indicating that chimpanzee and human DNA are about 95% the same, not 98% as previously thought, and part of this is the RNA system which is way more complex than originally imagined by the geneticists. - At some point in time the whole DNA/RNA story will be known during Evolution on Earth. If odd programming of DNA is seen that matches nothing in that story, then we will know some came from elsewhere, which is your question. But that ability will be available some time in the future. In the meantime we will have 'just suppose' questions and discussions.