Thank you for responding to my message. I am glad that you corrected
me. I watched a thing on tv a few years ago about evolution. It was on
PBS and it showed that scientists had found the remains of something
that had the body of a human and some facial features of a monkey. This
confused me back then. Could this have been the common ancestor you
mentioned? Thanks again.
Amanda
>
>
>Hi Amanda,
>
>Actually it isn't all bashing here. We often have reasonable
discussions
>and disagreements. Unfortunately, is does degenerate at times,
however.
>
>I have a correction in your understanding of the concept of human
>evolution. Actually, the model is that modern apes and humans are both
>fully evolved and adapted for their current environments. There is
nothing
>in evolution theory that claims that the evolution tendency of modern
apes
>is to become humans. The fossil record has it that at one time, apes
and
>humans may have had a common primate ancestor, and both split from that
>point on to evolve or not evolve as the environment and their genetic
>makeup dictated and allowed. Basically, it is not correct to
understand
>the model of human evolution as humans being derived from modern apes.
>
>Does this help?
>
>Steve
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>Steven S. Clark, Ph.D. Ph: 608-263-9137
>Associate Professor FAX: 263-4226
>Dept. of Human Oncology ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu
>University of Wisconsin
>School of Medicine
>600 Highland Ave
>Madison, WI 53792
>
>http://www1.bocklabs.wisc.edu/profiles/Clark,Steven.html
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