Re: Genome
- From: AC <mightymartianca@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:25:16 -0700
Stephen Trapani wrote:
Suzana wrote:On Jun 17, 12:20 pm, Stephen Trapani <fahgetabou...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Suzana wrote:Man with all his noble qualities still bears in his bodily frame theThe percent difference responsible for the difference in mental ability
indelible stamp of his lowly origine.
Charles Darwin
'Consider this; We are, to a 98% approximation, chimpanzees, and they
are, with 98 % confidence human beings. If that doesn't dent your self
esteem consider that chimpanzees are only 97% gorillas, and humans are
also 97% per cent gorillas. In other words we are more chimpanzee like
then gorillas are.
There is no bone in chimpanzee body we do not share. There is no known
chemical in chimpanzee brain that can not be found in human brain.
There is no known immune system, digestive system, the vascular
system, the lymph system or the nervous system that we have and
chimpanzee don't or vice versa. There is not even a brain lobe in
chimpanzee brain that we do not share.'
All this is possible because we share the same building block of life
(as any organic form on this planet) called genes. If I were to read
to you human genome one word per second for eight hours per day it
would have taken me a century. That is how incredibly large and
complex it is. And yet we share 98 per cent of it with chimpanzees.
Now genes are not only the recipe for our physical appearance they
also influence our behaviour.
Let me remind you we have 2 per cent difference in genome between us
and chimpanzee. This is significant similarity. Significant enough to
rid us of our vanity when comparing our selves to animal kingdom.
of humans and apes is not really as significant as the outcome. In other
words, there is a vast difference between humans and all other animals.
This difference is humans' ability to reason. Humans have it, no other
creatures we know of do.
It is interesting how small of a genetic difference causes the huge
difference in mental ability, but that's all it is, interesting.
Stephen-
I'll probably regret this, but I do not believe that we have enough
data to be sure what capacity of reasoning all animals have. There are
instances where some species have shown quite a remarkable capacity.
First things come in mind is parrot that learned over 100 words and is
able to use them accurately, I think there was also a monkey (don't
remeber what kind exactly) that learned sign language... or that
amazing story about a dog (was aired on CNN last year) who ended up
at ER because he had broken leg. They kept chasing him out of waiting
room but he kept coming back until medical staff realised he had
fractured leg....I am sure there are many more examples....
No, only humans have ever shown the ability to create ideas (eg, reason). The examples you give are nothing more than sophisticated programming running. In other words, if an ape can build itself a bed, you can find bed building instructions in it's genes (or we will find it, once gene science becomes that sophisticated). But you will never find bridge building genes anywhere, or car driving genes, or poker playing genes, or newsgroup post writing genes, etc, etc. In other words, everything that makes us human can be described as the creation of ideas and this is entirely absent in every other animal.
Whoah here. Other animals have even been shown to have at least the rudiments of culture. I think you are seriously begging the question on this one, and it appears that your knowledge of animal behavior is many decades out of date.
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