The biggest thing creationists can't get their heads around is time -- deep time. They keep saying idiotic things like we don't see chimps evolving into people.
Well of course the chimps went their own way and we went our own way. Even Darwin pointed out that the common ancestor would not look like a chimp any more than we do.
The main thing is that the separation occurred seven or eight million years ago.
That is deep time -- time that gives one cold chills. A century is about all we can get our heads around, and history is measured in only a few thousand years. Think about ten thousand years, then a hundred thousand years, then a million years.
In all that time really not all that much happened. We stopped walking on our knuckles (if we ever did -- that may have come to chimps later), we evolved to eat a lot more meat, we began to have culture and the brains needed for the huge selective advantage culture provides.
Well of course the chimps went their own way and we went our own way. Even Darwin pointed out that the common ancestor would not look like a chimp any more than we do.
The main thing is that the separation occurred seven or eight million years ago.
That is deep time -- time that gives one cold chills. A century is about all we can get our heads around, and history is measured in only a few thousand years. Think about ten thousand years, then a hundred thousand years, then a million years.
In all that time really not all that much happened. We stopped walking on our knuckles (if we ever did -- that may have come to chimps later), we evolved to eat a lot more meat, we began to have culture and the brains needed for the huge selective advantage culture provides.
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