JB wrote:
The scientific method doesn't allow us to
make assumptions then try to back them up in further investigations.

Sorry, that's exactly what the scientific method allows
us to do.

1. Form an hypothesis
2. Compare it to reality
3. If it doesn't fit, fine tune the hypothesis
4. Then goto 1, Else it is true

The fact that we humans share 95% of a chimpanzee's
DNA is proof enough that evolution is valid and we
are literally a "Monkey's Uncle". The only question
left is: "Did God cause that evolution?"
--
73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, http://www.w5dxp.com

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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JB wrote:
The scientific method doesn't allow us to
make assumptions then try to back them up in further investigations.

Sorry, that's exactly what the scientific method allows
us to do.

1. Form an hypothesis
2. Compare it to reality
3. If it doesn't fit, fine tune the hypothesis
4. Then goto 1, Else it is true

The fact that we humans share 95% of a chimpanzee's
DNA is proof enough that evolution is valid and we
are literally a "Monkey's Uncle". The only question
left is: "Did God cause that evolution?"
--
73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, http://www.w5dxp.com

OK, so what other primate shows at least 90% Ok so what other organism
shares 95% of a human's or Chimpanzee's DNA. And now show that a chimpanzee
did not evolve from a human. So maybe you're a monkey's daddy. Maybe they
evolved from each other. Of maybe there are similarities that just worked
out and perhaps one didn't come from the other at all. Lots of speculation
here. Speak for yourself.


"Evolution
Further information: RNA world hypothesis

DNA contains the genetic information that allows all modern living things to
function, grow and reproduce. However, it is unclear how long in the
4-billion-year history of life DNA has performed this function, as it has
been proposed that the earliest forms of life may have used RNA as their
genetic material.[84][96] RNA may have acted as the central part of early
cell metabolism as it can both transmit genetic information and carry out
catalysis as part of ribozymes.[97] This ancient RNA world where nucleic
acid would have been used for both catalysis and genetics may have
influenced the evolution of the current genetic code based on four
nucleotide bases. This would occur since the number of unique bases in such
an organism is a trade-off between a small number of bases increasing
replication accuracy and a large number of bases increasing the catalytic
efficiency of ribozymes.[98]

Unfortunately, there is no direct evidence of ancient genetic systems, as
recovery of DNA from most fossils is impossible. This is because DNA will
survive in the environment for less than one million years and slowly
degrades into short fragments in solution.[99] Claims for older DNA have
been made, most notably a report of the isolation of a viable bacterium from
a salt crystal 250-million years old,[100] but these claims are
controversial.[101][102]" --from Wiki DNA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA

Cecil Moore wrote:
JB wrote:
The scientific method doesn't allow us to
make assumptions then try to back them up in further investigations.

Sorry, that's exactly what the scientific method allows
us to do.

1. Form an hypothesis
2. Compare it to reality
3. If it doesn't fit, fine tune the hypothesis
4. Then goto 1, Else it is true

The fact that we humans share 95% of a chimpanzee's
DNA is proof enough that evolution is valid and we
are literally a "Monkey's Uncle". The only question
left is: "Did God cause that evolution?"


Strictly speaking, Cecil, if we were anything it would be a monkey's
great to the tenth power nephews, but that isn't even accurate.

There was a critter some long time ago that isn't around today, from
which monkeys, chimps and apes eventually evolved from.

Could a God cause that evolution? I could imagine the possibility, or at
least the conditions that set it into motion. But all that is outside
the realms of science.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -