• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

What about the differences between chimps and humans?

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes

Ophiolite

Recalcitrant Procrastinating Ape
Nov 12, 2008
9,348
10,212
✟290,092.00
Country
United Kingdom
Faith
Agnostic
Marital Status
Private
o_mlly said:
Another dodge on giving an unambiguous definition for "species".
Click to expand...
The ambiguity of species definition is a reflection of different contexts, perspectives and times.

Species do not exist in nature. They are classifier intended to organise our descriptions and observations of organisms. They are a system that is there for convenience. It simplifies discussion about organisms, their behaviour and relationships. Somewhat different definitions facilitate different types of discussion. If this makes you uncomfortable, confused, or frustrated that is - unfortunately - your problem. The only solution I know of is a combination of acceptance and education. Your choice.
 
Reactions: FrumiousBandersnatch and Hans Blaster
Upvote 0

AV1611VET

SCIENCE CAN TAKE A HIKE
Site Supporter
Jun 18, 2006
3,856,216
52,662
Guam
✟5,155,366.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Baptist
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Republican
Upvote 0

AV1611VET

SCIENCE CAN TAKE A HIKE
Site Supporter
Jun 18, 2006
3,856,216
52,662
Guam
✟5,155,366.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Baptist
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Republican
HitchSlap said:
Said no biologist ever.
Click to expand...
Maybe they don't have to? or maybe they haven't gotten the memo yet?
On the face of it, there is good reason to think that the last creature from which both humans and chimps – our closest cousins – can claim descent might eventually be found.
Click to expand...

SOURCE
 
Upvote 0

HitchSlap

PROUDLY PRIMATE
Aug 6, 2012
14,723
5,468
✟288,596.00
Country
United States
Faith
Atheist
Marital Status
Married
AV1611VET said:
Maybe they don't have to? or maybe they haven't gotten the memo yet?

SOURCE
Click to expand...
SOURCE: "On the face of it, there is good reason to think that the last creature from which both humans and chimps – our closest cousins – can claim descent might eventually be found."
 
Upvote 0

Phred

Junior Mint
Aug 12, 2003
5,373
998
✟22,717.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Atheist
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Democrat
Sure you can. Just like a river can "select" which branch it flows down based upon which is blocked or not blocked. It's simple to understand. You simply don't want to.
 
Upvote 0

o_mlly

“Behold, I make all things new.”
May 20, 2021
3,226
588
Private
✟129,122.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Frank Robert said:
You are wrong. Which evolutionary scientists do you know that claim that without an exact definition of species imagination rules?
Click to expand...
Ophiolite said:
If this makes you uncomfortable, confused, or frustrated that is - unfortunately - your problem.
Click to expand...
Sorry, not my problem ... yours.

The concept of species is flawed. So why is it so important to us?
At its most basic, this traditional species concept, useful for theoretically dividing up life into groups is flawed for a number of reasons.
​
Species concept - Wikipedia
The species problem is the set of questions that arises when biologists attempt to define what a species is. Such a definition is called a species concept; there are at least 26 recognized species concepts.
​
The Species Problem: A Conceptual Problem?
Few biological problems have remained as consistently challenging through the past two centuries as the species problem.​
 
Upvote 0

AV1611VET

SCIENCE CAN TAKE A HIKE
Site Supporter
Jun 18, 2006
3,856,216
52,662
Guam
✟5,155,366.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Baptist
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Republican
HitchSlap said:
SOURCE: "On the face of it, there is good reason to think that the last creature from which both humans and chimps – our closest cousins – can claim descent might eventually be found."
Click to expand...
That phrase you bolded, does it modify "last creature" or "chimps"?

(Hint: the phrase you bolded is plural, last creature is singular, chimps is plural.)
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Smithsonian 'obscuring' new study finding greater gap between humans, apes than previously thought: Geologist
Replies
0
Views
231
Current News & Events (Articles Required)
Michie
What is the difference between evangelizing and proselytizing?
Replies
0
Views
168
One Bread, One Body - Catholic
Michie
You’re not a monkey's uncle
Replies
39
Views
3K
Creation & Theistic Evolution
The Barbarian
The AI Chronicles IV: On Mortal Sin and Culpability; Dialogue between Aquinas and a Psychiatrist
Replies
1
Views
171
One Bread, One Body - Catholic
The Liturgist
Not a Demon, Not a God: What AI is Teaching Me About Being Human
Replies
7
Views
611
One Bread, One Body - Catholic
timewerx
Menu
Log in
Register