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we're also closely related to pigs. In fact, studies done, don't know where, say that human and pig flesh taste the same :confused:.



But what I'm trying to say with chimps and humans is that we are really different from one another. You can say that we have 98% of the same makeup, but that remaining 2% leaves a lot open.

Today, scientists believe that the most recent common ancestor lived 6 million years ago. 6 million years is quite a long period of time to be seperated from our closest relative.
 
sandtiger said:
Your post makes be wonder though, what are the chromosome count for the various fish that have been hybridized? Like convicts, Midas, firemouth, severums etc.
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I think that opens up for some more research to be done :D
 
I'm not done yet man.


The reason why donkey's and horses can hybridize even though they do not have the same number of chromosomes is that they are so closely related to one another.

Let's take a look at the scientific name, a horse is Equus caballus and the Donkey is Equus asinus. They are equal animals from kingdom down to genus in scientific identification. They are already incredibly closely related, and although they are a different species, they can still reproduce.

Humans and chimps on the other hand stop being related at their order, because they are both primates. Chimps aren't even classified as having the same genus as us which is HOMO. :) We're similar to them, but oh so very different. If you show me clear cut proof that it is possible that humans and chimps can create offspring, then i'll give you a pat on the back or something.

Scroll down to the chart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_classification
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/resource-room/general/all/scientificnames.htm
 
I already know about the scientific classifican stuff but just because some scientists put them in a different genus does not mean we are not closely realted. Classification has a lot of flaws, you should know this...look how often they change the latin names of fish. In the last four years I have seen convicts go from cichlasoma, archocentus, hericthys and cynotilapia. It has been talked about by many scientists that humans and chimps belong in the same genus. The reason why knowone has changed it is because of the controversy it would create have two human species. Chimpanzees are currently classified within the same family as gorillas and orangutans but this is flawed because chimpanzees are actually more closely realted to humans then they are to the other two primates...does this make sense?

Chimps are human, gene study implies
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3744
 
Benfica540 said:
yes, yes i am.
According to this place, we're closely related to guinea pigs too :)
http://www.tasc-creationscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=1




Humans and “great apes” (e.g. orangutans, chimpanzees, and
gorillas) cannot successfully produce offspring due to a difference in
the number of chromosomes in their gametes… human gametes (sex
cells) each have 23 chromosomes (for a total of 46) and ape gametes
have 24 chromosomes (for a total of 48). This difference in the
number of chromosomes prevents a sperm cell of either species from
successfully fertilizing an egg from the other species.


http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01739.htm
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not to turn this into a political debate... but anyone who has legitimately graduated from high school or even had a college course of any kind knows to look at the source before they even look at the content... you just quoted creationscience.org... sorry but this reeks of republican (scratch that) George Bush paid science if you want to you can skew any type of experiment or even any set of data to say whatever you want it to...
 
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