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Does having similar genes mean sharing the same ancestor? (CT Scan, Episode 75)
Does having similar genes mean sharing the same evolutionary ancestor? Popular evolutionary arguments state that genetic similarities (say, between chimps and humans) are prime evidence for evolution. Is that true? Let’s see how to think through any such argument biblically and critically.
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DIGGING DEEPER
🔹 All genetic similarity articles: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/dna-similarities/
🔹 Tomkins, J. (2017). The Untold Story Behind DNA Similarity https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/dna-similarities/untold-story-behind-dna-similarity/
🔹 DeWitt, D. (2010). What About the Similarity Between Human and Chimp DNA? https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/dna-similarities/what-about-the-similarity-between-human-and-chimp-dna/ (Chapter from The New Answers Book 3, available to read online for free here: https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/new-answers-book-3/)
🔹 Parker, G (2006). Comparative Similarities: Homology. In Creation: Facts of Life: How Real Science Reveals the Hand of God. New Leaf Publishing Group. https://answersingenesis.org/biology/homology-comparative-similarities/
🔹 Free online video: Are Humans and Chimps Related? (Presentation by Dr. Georgia Purdom)
🔹 Related topics:
-- mutations https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/
-- natural selection https://answersingenesis.org/natural-selection/is-natural-selection-the-same-thing-as-evolution/
-- information theory https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/information-theory/
-- evolution https://answersingenesis.org/evolution/
-- genetics. https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/
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CITED REFERENCES
• Reece et al. (2012). Descent with modification: A Darwinian view of life. In G. Bennett, L. Rahn, D. Kamo, E. Bush, & S. Bindernagel (Eds.), Campbell biology (Canadian ed., pp. 484-501). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. (pp. 495-496.)
• Koonin, E. V., & Galperin, M. Y. (2003). Chapter 2, Evolutionary concept in genetics and genomics. In Sequence–evolution–function: Computational approaches in comparative genomics. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20255/
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