I Have Just Read This, How Much Of This Is Correct?

[RATTER15]

The theory of evolution is just that.. a theory that actually can be easily dis-proven... human's have 46 chromazones... apes .. all apes and monkey and any other type of creature we could have come from have 48... we are not of this planet.. there is no record of any creature having 46 chromazones except for us

[Old_Geezer]

Chromosomes can be lost over time.

All theories are just theories but some, like evolution, have too much evidence in their favour to doubt.

Evolution would not be disproven in the unlikely event we could show we were brought here from another planet.

You been at the creationists' websites again ?

[Gromit]

// ...there is no record of any creature having 46 chromazones except for us. //

The Guppy fish has 46 chromazones.

The fact that we half a different number of chromazones to apes actually proves the evolution theory. It is those differences that have made us more successful. If the apes had the exact same number of building blocks, and the same blocks, then they would have the potential to be our equals and they are not. They are mammals so they share a lot of our charactistics. Unlike the Guppy fish that have 46 Chromasones, but have different blocks than we do.

[Gromit]

From Wikipedia about the Chimpanze genome project.

// Human and chimpanzee chromosomes are very similar. The primary difference is that humans have one fewer pair of chromosomes than do other great apes. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes and other great apes have 24 pairs of chromosomes. In the human evolutionary lineage, two ancestral ape chromosomes fused at their telomeres, producing human chromosome 2.[1] There are nine other major chromosomal differences between chimpanzees and humans: chromosome segment inversions on human chromosomes 1, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, and 18. After the completion of the Human genome project, a common chimpanzee genome project was initiated. In December 2003, a preliminary analysis of 7600 genes shared between the two genomes confirmed that certain genes such as the forkhead-box P2 transcription factor, which is involved in speech development, are different in the human lineage. Several genes involved in hearing were also found to have changed during human evolution, suggesting selection involving human language-related behavior. Differences between individual humans and common chimpanzees are estimated to be about 10 times the typical difference between pairs of humans. //

[wolf63]

I think that we are closely related to the Chimp. Chimps are evil, intelligent, and they kill for pleasure. Sounds okay to me.

I would prefer to be related to a Gorilla - they have a much better temperament.

Maybe nice people are cousins of Gorillas and the not-so-nice people are cousins of Chimps.

I have managed to avoid doing the dishes for a few minutes by typing this.

[Old_Geezer]

Ah.. you just fancy blokes with great big chests ;-)

[RATTER15]

lol, OG, no just an online discussion with somebody.

[Gromit]

// I have managed to avoid doing the dishes for a few minutes by typing this. //

If you had had the same genes as a Guppy, you would want to do the washing up. //

[atalanta]

If someone has told you that a number of chromosomes proves or disproves the accepted ideas about evolution, you should ask in what way that number proves anything ? Having this-many or that-many chromosomes proves absolutely nothing. Unless, perhaps, you can show that god has the same number !

[wired]

I know I'm two chromosomes short of a chimp, I can't climb trees or hold and peel a banana with my toes but I can make a cracking martini

[BlackadderV]

Thanks to all those who have managed to spell chromosome correctly.

[RATTER15]

I hasten to add, that was a copy and paste, if I had spelled it wrong it would have been on a grander scale i'm sure lol