Humans & Apes

**Simian Man** · October 27th, 2010

Chimps are more closely related to us than they are to any other ape. So if you think humans shouldn't be considered apes, then at the very least humans and chimps will need their own category together.

Originally Posted by forrestcupp

And it's just impossible for a creator to want different species to be closely related even at the DNA level? It doesn't make sense to me for a creator to want to go to the extra trouble of making every single species completely different in every possible way.

God practices (genetic) code reuse. I guess she's a smart programmer

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**limestone** · October 27th, 2010

Originally Posted by stormchaser2063

certain species of humans are apes/ related to apes... not sure of some of the others

Today there is NO other Human specie but us.

**Bölvaður** · October 27th, 2010

Originally Posted by pont.andersson

Today there is NO other Human specie but us.

we cannot close our eyes and pretend something that is extinct doesnt need to be taken into account any more. There are many species of human but we just have many that arent any more.

So you are correct but the argument doesnt make sense in a way.

certain species of humans are apes/ related to apes... not sure of some of the others

If certain means all species of humans... then yes

oh ok Im just going to go and read what I need to study

**forrestcupp** · October 27th, 2010

Originally Posted by Bölvaður

But what I'd find interesting if everyone that answered no would need to tell us what we are then and given a list of categories that would include the ape family and "alien from another planet".

As was said earlier, the people who voted 'no' probably based their vote on common language rather than scientific classification. It must just be an American thing that people associate the word 'ape' with gorillas, monkeys, etc.

Originally Posted by standingwave

comparable to creating all the photons from distant stars in route in order to make a 6,000 year old universe only appear to be billions of year old.

Nobody ever said the universe is only 6,000 years old. The only real claim is that the earth as we know it has been here for around 6,000 years, which is also a subjective number based on unclear genealogies. Dinosaurs, etc., were obviously here a long time before the re-creation of the earth, which happened after the ice age.