martin is correct, Steve is misinformed. We didn't evolve from monkeys. Humans are apes ourselves and we share 98.4% of our genes with Chimpanzees. Humans split from the Chimpanzees about 2 million years ago and the Gorillas split off about 6 million years ago. The Orangutans before that and the monkeys even earlier from a common simian ancestor that no longer exists. Chimps and Gorillas are far more closely related to Humans than to Orangutans. The savanna apes developed dexterous fingers from being bipedal and big brains from their omnivorous diet. They advanced far beyond the jungle chimps and rain forest gorillas who evolved to best suit those environments. Humans advanced even further to the point of being able to shape his own environment.
You guys take me too seriously....my sig is only humorous and sarcastic....not factual... Just a joke. Guys....My Masters is in Population Genetics and Evolution. I should use "can atheists take out insurance against acts of God ??" instead.
I didn't even think it was serious...I got it from an e-mail someone sent me with some gems like... What was the best thing before sliced bread? And.... Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things !! and... One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. I'm still laughing I got Red and Martin riled up accidentally. I'm still trying to find Red's phylogenetic chart in Wikipedia....
So how does a Population Genetics Biologist evolve into a High Energy Lipid Immersion Culinary Artisan?
