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arthwollipot · 9th December 2009, 06:26 PM

And again, to be thoroughly pedantic, although the ancestor would have been monkey-like, it would not have been a monkey. Monkeys are a modern taxon, with just as much evolutionary history as we do. The only reason I harp on about this is that the "descended from monkeys" argument is so commonly used by creationists, and based entirely on a complete misunderstanding of evolution. I believe that it's important to make it completely clear.

9th December 2009, 06:26 PM	#30
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The other side of your screen Posts: 42,956	And again, to be thoroughly pedantic, although the ancestor would have been monkey-like, it would not have been a monkey. Monkeys are a modern taxon, with just as much evolutionary history as we do. The only reason I harp on about this is that the "descended from monkeys" argument is so commonly used by creationists, and based entirely on a complete misunderstanding of evolution. I believe that it's important to make it completely clear.
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