I have just read a fascinating article in Nexus about problems faced by evolutionary theory. I cannot post the article yet, they have not yet put it on their website, so selected highlights will have to do. I do not necessarily agree where the author, Lloyd Pye, is going but the questions he asks do need to be addressed.
The biggest query he throws up is the frequently quoted similarity between Chimp and Gorilla DNA to Human - 1% for Chimps, 2% for gorillas. Firstly this figure has been around since before Genome Mapping. Secondly Chimps and Gorilla DNA is arranged into 24 chromosome pairs, Human is on 23. To gloss this it is like saying that Shaw and Shakespear used the same sorts of words in their plays apart from a couple of per cent so Shaw and Shakespear are related.
Then there is the difficulty of cultivated grains. we eat grains that are larger, easier to harvest and more amenable to processing. these 3 differences are very difficult to achieve. Chromosome numbers have been increased dramatically, the stalks that hold the seeds to the stem have been strengthened, husks have been weakened. All this from grains that in the wild state are largely imossible for humans to handle.
Domestication of beasts also presents difficulties. How, for example do you tame the first aurochs? a notably vicious herbivore. Similarly wild boar.
There is a lot more and Mr pye makes a good case.
Editted in later. the original article with thanks to Itzpapalotl
The biggest query he throws up is the frequently quoted similarity between Chimp and Gorilla DNA to Human - 1% for Chimps, 2% for gorillas. Firstly this figure has been around since before Genome Mapping. Secondly Chimps and Gorilla DNA is arranged into 24 chromosome pairs, Human is on 23. To gloss this it is like saying that Shaw and Shakespear used the same sorts of words in their plays apart from a couple of per cent so Shaw and Shakespear are related.
Then there is the difficulty of cultivated grains. we eat grains that are larger, easier to harvest and more amenable to processing. these 3 differences are very difficult to achieve. Chromosome numbers have been increased dramatically, the stalks that hold the seeds to the stem have been strengthened, husks have been weakened. All this from grains that in the wild state are largely imossible for humans to handle.
Domestication of beasts also presents difficulties. How, for example do you tame the first aurochs? a notably vicious herbivore. Similarly wild boar.
There is a lot more and Mr pye makes a good case.
Editted in later. the original article with thanks to Itzpapalotl