A bad argument against evolution |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 8:21 pm |
| Tags: creation evolution, common ancestor, evolution, evolutionary tree, humans apes, intelligent design, living organisms, why there still apes |
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Lately I have seen a certain argument against evolution popping up left and right. It seems that many people think that it is reasonable to assume that if humans evolved from apes there should be no more apes. First off, to be technical, evolutionists do not believe we came from apes. They think we share a close common ancestor (on the same branch of the evolutionary tree, so to speak). Second, the argument actually makes very little sense. Evolutionists believe that all life on the planet can be traced back to a single one-celled organism (which itself ultimately evolved from gases and dust particles–I’ll let the reader decide if that sounds reasonable or not). If it was a requirement that the ancestral species go extinct once a new one is born, humans, presumably being the pinnacle of evolutionary change, would be the only species on the planet. So it really makes no sense to say “if evolution is true, why are there still apes?” In fact, it is a well-observed [ Full article ] |
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