Today i'ma dunk on creationists more: If Evolution is wrong and humans and chimps don't share a common ancestor, how do creationists explain ERVs?
Endogenous Retroviruses are a type of virus (like HIV) that reproduce by inserting their genetic code into the host DNA chain. When one of these viruses infects a reproductive cell, that viral DNA is copied into every cell of the host's children. The presence of these segments of viral DNA in the human genome are the results of discrete infection events.
But what's this? Humans and chimpanzees share these random insertion points of viral genetic material. Not in a couple places or even dozens of places but [i]in over 200 places[/i].
If humans and chimps were separate created kinds then the odds of them sharing even a [i]single[/i] ERV site, much less hundreds are [i]laughably[/i] small (there are something like 10 million possible insertion points).
How does the creationist argue that this as a result of a common designer with more explanatory power than evolution argues common descent?
[b]A hint: He/She [i]doesn't[/i].[/b]
If you're interested in a more detailed and beautifully animated explanation of this slam dunk then do check out this video by Stated Clearly. (A friend of mine does some of the art for it!馃槂)
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXfDF5Ew3Gc&ab_channel=StatedClearly]
But what's this? Humans and chimpanzees share these random insertion points of viral genetic material. Not in a couple places or even dozens of places but [i]in over 200 places[/i].
If humans and chimps were separate created kinds then the odds of them sharing even a [i]single[/i] ERV site, much less hundreds are [i]laughably[/i] small (there are something like 10 million possible insertion points).
How does the creationist argue that this as a result of a common designer with more explanatory power than evolution argues common descent?
[b]A hint: He/She [i]doesn't[/i].[/b]
If you're interested in a more detailed and beautifully animated explanation of this slam dunk then do check out this video by Stated Clearly. (A friend of mine does some of the art for it!馃槂)
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXfDF5Ew3Gc&ab_channel=StatedClearly]
