Is There Enough Time For Humans to Have Evolved From Apes? Dr. Ann Gauger Answers

Based on the numbers Dr. Noor gave us in the Coursera Genetics course (approximately 65 point mutations per generation in humans), I did just a simple back-of-the-envelope calculation, and it looks to me like you can't even explain the number of mutations in the time available from the alleged chimp-human split. And that is assuming all the mutations are additive and are fully preserved in the next generation. And that is completely ignoring the kind of mutations needed. And is completely ignoring whether any of the mutations actually do anything significant. And is completely ignoring whether any of the changes would actually confer a survival advantage. And is completely ignoring whether any survival advantage would actually get fixed in the population. And is completely ignoring the need for coordinated changes (as Ann rightly points out). ----- I don't know. I keep hearing about all the great evidence for chimp-human ancestry -- even from many ID proponents. I acknowledge there are some interesting bits and pieces of evidence that could hint at a historical relationship. But I just can't make the bits and pieces add up . . .Eric Anderson

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Dear Ann, We share a common ancestor with chimps so obvioulsy it happened and therefor the probability of it happening is one. Evolution(ism) works in mysterious ways and just because we cannot go into the past to see what happened does not change the fact that it did happen. We have it on good authority that only common descent and common descent only can explain the pattern of ERVs, pseudogenes, morphology, fossils and geological distribution that we observe. Human embryos have a tail and most evolutionists are direct proof of transitional forms. Heck I am sure you could line up the evos on most evo forums to match the early stages of the alleged human lineage. So why are you in denial? :)Joe

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Dr. Ann Gauger makes me proud to be a proponent of Intelligent Design.StephenB

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