Timeline for How do we know that our genetic similarities to other species is actually due to common ancestry?
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 8:22 | answer | added | arboviral | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 28, 2016 at 14:48 | answer | added | user151841 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 28, 2016 at 10:01 | comment | added | James T | I think a major misunderstanding that could be coming in to play here is the misconception that DNA is like a engineering document, e.g. "this strand of DNA says i will have an arm with 5 fingers of certain proportions, this strand of DNA says I will have a facial structure like this.", and not realising that it appears our DNA is full of junk "data" that doesn't appear to be active or serve any purpose, and that even this "junk" un-used DNA is common between believed-to-be ancestors. It would be like throwing a dice in two sets of a thousand and getting results that are 80% the same order. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 21:30 | comment | added | Remi.b | If you want a short and very introductory course to evolutionary biology you should have a look at Understanding Evolution by UC Berkeley. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 21:28 | comment | added | Remi.b | You should have a look at this highly related post and at Demonstrable and repeatable examples of evolution | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 18:28 | answer | added | FooBar | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 15:29 | vote | accept | moonman239 | ||
| Jul 27, 2016 at 12:49 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBiology/status/758283044755218432 | ||
| Jul 27, 2016 at 12:45 | comment | added | AlexDeLarge | @ChanKim Your implication reveals a massive misunderstanding of evolution and, in evolutionary terms, is plain wrong. No wonder you do not "believe" in it. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 9:26 | answer | added | Roland | timeline score: 36 | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 9:05 | comment | added | rhavendc | That's why people in science field keep looking for physical evidences and study them. It's a very very long process and will take years to know the answers..... it's like you're studying the vast universe and wondering if there are alien life forms out there..... so difficult and still unknown. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 7:40 | comment | added | Chan Kim | I don't believe in evolution, it's like saying 'similar' => 'come from'. But every various things inherently have similarities and dissimilarities. don't they? | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 7:33 | history | edited | moonman239 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 27, 2016 at 7:27 | history | asked | moonman239 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |