Chimp and Human Genomes: An Evolution Myth Unravels

Episode 1713 February 20, 2023 00:29:46
Chimp and Human Genomes: An Evolution Myth Unravels
Intelligent Design the Future
Chimp and Human Genomes: An Evolution Myth Unravels

Feb 20 2023 | 00:29:46

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Show Notes

On today’s ID the Future, Casey Luskin rebuts the oft-repeated claim that the human and chimp genomes are 98-99% similar and therefore surely resulted from Darwinian common descent. Luskin cites an article in the journal Science which describes the 98-99% claim as a myth. The original figure was derived from a single protein-to-protein comparison, but once you compare the entire genomes, and use more rigorous methods, the similarity drops several percentage points, and on one account, down into the mid-80s. Additionally, the chimp genomes used in the original comparison studies borrowed the human genome for scaffolding, thus artificially boosting the degree of similarity. What about supposed junk DNA similarities between human and chimp? Why would an intelligent designer put the Read More ›

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