Re: Darwin, Evolution, the Animal Kingdom, and Man

From: cantueso (cantueso_at_dieznet.com)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: 6 Dec 2004 00:53:03 -0800

Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> wrote in message news:<gUGsd.122109$%x.24428@okepread04>...
> cantueso wrote:
> > Wolf Kirchmeir <wwolfkir@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<BGlsd.36350$kI6.1779161@news20.bellglobal.com>...
> >
> >>In general, genomic variation in a species is an indicator of possible
> >>future speciation. Humans are in a bad way in the regard - we have very
> >>little genomic variation compared to, say, horses or dogs. Or even
> >>chimps, although primates generally have low rates of genomic variation.
> >>One source (can't recall details, sorry) claimed that the genomic
> >>variation in humans is less than that among the litter-mates of dogs --
> >>and keep in mind that these litter mates have the same dam and sire!
> >>IOW, we are genetically speaking all closely related -- siblings, in fact.
> >
> >
> > that is a nice useful finding. everybody can see the philosophical
> > hint. it reminds us all of Genesis 1 .
>
> I didn't see it and still don't see it;

more likely we do not mean the same. I thought it was a "nice finding"
that people or "humans" or even "human beings" and "primates" are
genetically very similar. (almost like Shakespearean clowning, the way
they each use a different term)

this is nice because it means that we can spend all the remaining time
to figure out the differences that are not of genetic origin.

> And I am continually on
> the alert for such connections. Horses and dogs have been
> subjected to extreme artificial selection in breeding. Primates
> have not.

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