SkyBlueFlux
Well-Known Member
Max_Headroom said:Watch from 7:45 -
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNKctJV07DE[/youtube]
I just thought I'd point out that what that guy says at about 8 minutes regarding the fusion of the two chromosomes is a blatant lie.
Yes we do share a common ancestor with the chimpanzee and two of the chromosomes of that ancestor were most likely fused to form the human genome, giving us a chromosome less than our primate cousins. It's the part where he says "This wouldn't happen, this can't happen in nature" that is a completely fictitious statement. It would happen in nature, we aren't the only species on Earth which differs from a relative by one chromosome. There is a now extinct type of wild horse which has 33 chromosomes, its common ancestor, the horse we know today has 32 due to translocation. It's a relatively common mutation which occurs and can produce viable offspring on the odd occasion. There is zero evidence that this must be some kind of 'other-worldly' tampering of our genes.
This is the kind of fallacious statement that helps these people lose all credibility they might have. Trying to take advantage of other people's ignorance of a subject is poor form to say the least.