i just recently found out that monkeys possess 99% of human DNA...how have i gone this far in my adult life without being aware of this?! i have always believed in creation, and haven't given evolution too much thought. i never disagreed, because i know that science speaks for itself, but i just never looked too much into the whole idea. now that i have this knowledge, how can i doubt evolution? i'm not a very religious person but i do believe in God. i can't give specifics beyond that; because i'm not so sure myself. but i personally believe in both - i think that God created monkeys with the game plan in mind to have them gradually evolve into humans. why? who knows, but i definitely know that this piece of information rocked my beliefs to the core.
i have had a pretty stressful week and i am anxiously awaiting the comfort of my bed after work. my job is pretty much bullshit, so i'm in the process of trying to find another one.
I am not a supporter of the "humans evolved from monkeys" campaign.
ReplyDeleteChimpanzees seem almost human, and scientists have maintained for decades that chimps are, in fact, 98.5 percent genetically identical to humans.
But the results of a new study call that figure into question, with a finding that there are actually large chunks of the human and chimp genomes that are vastly different.
Researchers at a company called Perlegen Sciences in Mountain View, California, used a powerful biological computer chip that can scan the entire genetic makeup of an organism, that is, its whole genome. The results, published in Genome Research, show that chimps and humans are much more different than scientists previously thought.
The Perlegen researchers compared human chromosome 21 with chimpanzee, orangutan, rhesus macaque and woolly monkey DNA sequences. In all the species, they found that DNA had been rearranged much more frequently during primate genome evolution than previously thought.
The DNA was often reordered in areas of the genome that contained functioning genes -- genes that researchers can investigate to find important clues about human health and the nature of disease.
Good luck in your search for a new job!