Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] DNA Offers New Insight Concerning Cat Evolution

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Vern Green wrote:
> Nice, but these are cats Mike, they look like cats today, they looked
> like cats then. There is no evidence that there was ever a cat to
> evolve intellegently enough to build a house, or how about a cat that
> evolved to walk on two legs instead of four? Or how about a vegetarian
> cat? Sure, they may have evolved to fit their surroundings, but they
> are still no matter how different, a feline.
>
> Apes on the other hand, well Chimpanzees and Gorillas are hardly
> changed in the 5 million years, yet man has changed so much more
> drastically and quickly. I read an article that stated the amount of
> evolution that man has gone through in this supposed history is so
> drastic that is not paralleled by any other creature in existance.
>
> I heard an evolutionist on the radio on New Years Day, and if I can
> find her name I will let you know, she essentially was saying that to
> claim man evolved from ape would be a mistake, her main issue was with
> intelligent design people who do not believe in any form of evolution
> (which is entirely untrue as well). While she did maintain that
> evolution is a proven theory, she was saying that it is far from
> proven that man and modern ape evolved from the very same creature.

This is a very interesting point of view.  It kind of goes along with 
Genesis 2:7, which suggests the idea that God did most of his work via 
evolution, but then he did something specially extra for the human.

I'm not saying that I unconditionally buy into this idea, but I would 
definitely be interested in pursuing it as an interesting hypothesis.

Stephen

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