I don't know why Bucky thinks that evolutionary theory dictates that he's descended from monkeys (he does have a history of misunderstanding things) but he really won't be happy to learn that he and Satchel have a common ancestor only 50 million years back.
You'd be surprised how many people seem to equate Evolution with "a monkey was my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather". I'm tired of having to point out to Darwin's mistakes that the question "If humans are descended from apes, why are there still apes?" is a] wrong and b]irritatingly anthro-centric...
Interestingly (?) the reason David Attenborough says he doesn't believe in god is because of the existance of nasty creatures that a god wouldn't invent.
That'll learn you! This isn't ask Jeeves, it's my blog! Cats evolved from slightly less cat-like carnivores, probably similar to mustelids like ferrets.
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Date: 2008-07-20 05:27 pm (UTC)You'd be surprised how many people seem to equate Evolution with "a monkey was my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather". I'm tired of having to point out to Darwin's mistakes that the question "If humans are descended from apes, why are there still apes?" is a] wrong and b]irritatingly anthro-centric...
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Date: 2008-07-20 07:33 pm (UTC)If the united states and Australia are descended from Great Britain, why is there still Great Britain?
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Date: 2008-07-20 07:31 pm (UTC)Bucky says something mean!
Satchel says something naive!
Whatsisface says something snarky!
Ad infinitum!
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Date: 2008-07-22 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-21 07:41 am (UTC)this did not help
Date: 2009-02-27 12:02 am (UTC)Re: this did not help
Date: 2009-02-27 01:10 am (UTC)