only 50 genes away

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 05:18:54 -0500

There is an article in the NY Times today that says that humans may only be
50 developmental genes different from chimpanzees. It talks about the
possibility of inserting those 50 genes into a chimp embryo and seeing what
happens. It can be found at

http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/102098sci-chimps.html

Question: Assuming (big if) that such a set of insertions actually moved
the chimp toward the human form and cognition, what would people opposed to
evolution then say to maintain the anti-evolutionary position? Would
anti-evolutionary Christians finally be forced to admit that evolution
might have occurred?
glenn

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