> chardin wrote:
>
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Marie,
> > > Some of the differences are still beyond explanation, but
> > > most
> > > aren't. The fat, nose, hands, folicle direction and a few others
> > > are
> >
> > > evolutionary swimmimg adaptations. No other ape can swim, these
> > > are water adaptations. Another way is called RNA regression
> > > analysis. By testing RNA, which is passed down female lines, we
> > > can tell species divergence times, and thus discover where
> > > mankind diverged from the apes. Using these techniques and
> > > others, there is no scientific doubt that man is an ape.
> >
> > Can I get a pretty good reference on that last statement? Chardin
> >
>
> Chardin,
> I'll look for the refrence, besides reading it, I also saw it
> on
> the Discovery Channel's "Miracle Planet".
>
> While my computer chugs:
>
> 1. Nose is downward to prevent water getting in
and dust particles? and wind? Maybe we were once birds and this
design helped us to manuever wind currents easily.
> 2. Hair folicles all point down to reduce resistence
I don't know what to say about this assertion. It is just too
strange.
> 3. Fat content to improve boyancy
I was under the impression that this was to improve body heat.
> 4. Wide hands as improved "paddles"
When did we develop the opposable thumb? After we left the water and
didn't need our webs anymore?
I can't remember who made the analogy but I think it was a good one.
To believe in "evolution", i.e. the gradual change of the species to
a higher life form or the jump from one species to another, one might as well believe that
a typewriter factor exploded and produced a dictionary.
If you would like to read something from the other point of view,
read this: http://spider.lloyd.com/~tstout/cs/pog_4.shtml
Chardin
>
> Here is a good page for RNA and DNA stuff:
> http://earth.ics.uci.edu/faqs/faq-intro-to-biology.html
>
> When I find the written adaptations to swimming, I'll pass that
> along too.
>
> Sodom
> Keeper of the cheeze
>