Humanity’s genetic split from an ape-like ancestor came about 13 million years ago, far earlier than the long-supposed era of a common ancestor of early humans and apes, suggests a first study of chimp gene mutations.
Along with shining a new genetic light on human origins, the findings published on Thursday in the journal Science point to the role that evolution plays in fostering mutations, some linked to inherited diseases, in our genes.
On the surface, this and other recent studies contradict the general consensus suggested by the fossil record: that the last common ancestor of the two species, a flat-footed ape, lived some seven million years ago.
Here’s the rub: NGS is a fervent believer in CAGW. As a scientist for 12 and and a lay scientist for 25 years, I used to have an article of faith in the papers I read and didn’t have time to dive into the details. Thanks to “climate scientists” (that’d be you Mann, and a BIG bunch of others), I no longer have any faith in research at all. That isn’t to say that it might not be good, excellent even, it just says that I no longer have any reason to believe that its anything but garbage. THAT’S the legacy of Michael Mann and all of his cohorts and groupies.
There is a place in Canada where the ape-human genetic “split” did not occur – last week Ontario has proven that it can at least train these ape-like creatures to mark an ‘X’ beside a liberal on a ballot.
Something not adding up here, David Suzuki of the perpetual CBC production of “The Nature of Things”and now a leading expert on climate change, said we came from maggots…not certain if he was smoking something at the time….
The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it that the Theory of AGW.
Plenty of ‘hockey stick’ graphs and ‘hide the decline’ memo’s.
So if I have flat feet, can I extrapolate anything from that fact?
Just wondering!
“… NGS is a fervent believer in CAGW…”
Aye, and every apocalyptic vision that goes with it. National Catastrophic, I call it.
If you have flat feet you’ll never have fallen arches!
Peppered Moth Hoax
http://elmblog.eddiesnipes.com/Creation/pepper.shtml
National Geographic
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/09/evolution-in-color-from-peppered-moths-to-walking-sticks/
NG is still flogging long discredited hoax as scientific evidence.
National Geographic is another example of the Marxist ” march through the institutions” of everyday life. They have been taken over at the senior editorial level by doctrinaire leftists.
I well remember one of my professors in a required course – English – expressing distrust of NG – 30 years ago, when it was still independent – of the ” Republican ” tone of NG.
what Skip said. Peer reviewed is a misnomer. ” Accepted for publication, for who knows what reason(s) ” is a synonymous, and more informative expression, than ” peer reviewed “.
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I find it interesting that scientists are now saying that life originated in Clay
Sounds just like the Genesis record where it says God formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed life into him …
http://www.ibtimes.com/life-earth-may-have-come-clay-new-study-suggests-1459376
It really doesn’t matter how flawed the theory is, if you make the timeline long enough you can still claim a possability you are right.
“… NGS is a fervent believer in CAGW…”
This is exactly why, as well as I began to notice a distinct shift to the left, that I did not renew our subscription sometime in the 1990s.
And, yes, it is hard to believe anything scientists write these days as you have to sift it through the ideology of some sort filter. It seems that most have an agenda or are taking someone’s, who has an agenda, money.
Arnie, agreed, that is interesting
So we are all monkey’s Aunts and Uncles? And NG is to science what Reader’s Digest is to books. Or the CBC to news.
I’m so old I can remember when NatGeo was worth reading.
Right on! Recently some scientists have concluded that the universe and all in it evolved
in a very similar way in which it is described in the Book of Genesis. No mention of the Creator though because most scientists are afraid of letting “God’s foot in the door.”
No, the monkeys are the aunts and uncles, we are the nieces and nephews.
I am with you Skip; and also find Arnie’s comment with Ken (Kulak) and Nick O’Teen as interesting. Cheers;
George Jonas in the Post said it best: “If it’s science, it’s not settled; if it’s settled, it’s not science”.
Did the same thing once I noticed how political the articles were becoming. It was particularly noticeable as more and more articles would appear that didn’t inform about geography or animals. They shifted toward ‘social justice’ articles and they always blamed us for every ill any developing country had. Glad I dropped it and don’t miss their mis-informaton one iota.
Yeah well, I don’t remember…it was a long time back….
I’m thinkin’ it’s time past time for me to conjure up another mass extinction…
(sarc)
“I no longer have any faith in research at all. That isn’t to say that it might not be good, excellent even, it just says that I no longer have any reason to believe that its anything but garbage. THAT’S the legacy of Michael Mann and all of his cohorts and groupies.”
Good. That’s the attitude a scientist should have – assume that your peers are producing utter dreck, unless they *prove* otherwise. We can be thankful to Michael Mann for reminding us.
“And NG is to science what Reader’s Digest is to books. Or the CBC to news.”
Excellent! That’s a keeper!
ah yes, as soon as I saw the clip from the article my speakers started to make a thumping sound
sorry dear believers, when you think discrediting “evolution” gives credibility to creation you sound just like lefties
Its laughable . Almost like clock work they find supposed human monkeys they pimp as ancestors, but turn into just another species of monkey. The fraud in the theory of evolution is so thick you can smell it like 2 year old rotten cheese.
From Piltdown man to the mysterious disappearance of fossils to out right fakes like the bird reptile. For generations a whole family palmed these off working in quarries making nice motifs.
Not one intermediate fossil yet live fish & other animals that haven’t changed in 400,000,0000 years? How about wolves or tigers that where marsupials having the same structures, to the platypus.
As a breeder Kate you know there are limits to breeding, Bodes law I think its called.
All based on circular reasoning. By fossils dated by sediments , than sediments dated by fossils. Where are the intermediate forms today? The suppose developing of new organs?
Even the age of the Universe is in doubt, now that we know even the speed of light is no constant.
Our mythology is no better than other ages.
Beyond the circular reasoning, they need to explain why evolution stopped.
Why there isn’t a continuously evolving line of living creatures crawling out of the ooze, all the way from single cell life to the higher forms of life?
You are living proof of creation. 🙂
The older I get, the more correct my father turns out to be:
I quote: ” I believe we’re all descendent from some ape. I’m not convinced it’s the SAME ape.”
@cyclist, you’re out of place at the troglodytes’ ball. You might as well be quoting Karl Popper.
“when you think discrediting “evolution” gives credibility to creation you sound just like lefties”
You’ve got that backwards. It’s the Left that has been pimping evolution for generations and taking the piss out of what is flogging every day in schools, newspapers, TV, radio, movies, etc. makes it possible for people to question the Leftist orthodoxy and perhaps come to their own conclusions.
So, is this the origin of liberals (monkeys) and conservatives (humans)?