Comment Re:Evolution??? (Score 1) 118
taftman writes:
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You understand wrong. I suppose you got this from one of the creationist rags out there on the web and didn't bother to check up on any of the "facts" they presented. In reality, the building of the phylogenetic tree of life was first attempted as early as 1967(1). As we sequence more and more genomes, the phylogenetic data only strengthen the theory of common decent. The conclusion is inescapable unless you have some religous hangup with the conclusions and are forced to ignore the data. Flat earth. Geocentricism. Creationism. History repeats itself.
1. Construction of Phylogenetic Trees, Walter M. Fitch and Emanuel Margoliash, Science Vol 155: 279-284.
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-----One more thing, as I understand it we have more in common with frogs and pigs genetically than we do with apes anyway.
You understand wrong. I suppose you got this from one of the creationist rags out there on the web and didn't bother to check up on any of the "facts" they presented. In reality, the building of the phylogenetic tree of life was first attempted as early as 1967(1). As we sequence more and more genomes, the phylogenetic data only strengthen the theory of common decent. The conclusion is inescapable unless you have some religous hangup with the conclusions and are forced to ignore the data. Flat earth. Geocentricism. Creationism. History repeats itself.
1. Construction of Phylogenetic Trees, Walter M. Fitch and Emanuel Margoliash, Science Vol 155: 279-284.
