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If humans and chimpanzees did evolve and share a common ancestry how does the creationist explain the following: [Spirituality & Religion]

Chimpanzees use vocalization to communicate but many more gestures and get this: over 95% of the gestures they use are the same gestures used instinctively by babies and toddlers up to age two.

Evolution (as always) explains this readily and logically by the conclusion that humans and chimps shared a common ancestor wherein these instinctive gestures were present.
But how does the evolution-denying creationist account for this shared language?


In total, researchers found the human toddlers used 52 discrete gestures to communicate, including clapping, hugging, stomping, raising their arms and shaking their heads, often stringing the moves together to convey complex ideas. It turns out that the chimps also used 46 of the same gestures, meaning there’s a 90 percent overlap.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chimps-and-toddlers-share-same-gesture-language-180970272/#:~:text=It%20turns%20out%20human%20children,juvenile%20and%20adult%20great%20apes.&text=It%20turns%20out%20that%20the,there's%20a%2090%20percent%20overlap.

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MiraRoss · 31-35, F
Wow that’s interesting maybe people who have kids should look into this I have a two year old and 8 month old and like you said recently baby has done a lot more of what you said especially with her head and hands.
Maybe we can all learn something from this
@MiraRoss

Yeah it is pretty cool, isn't it?

I know that this relationship has sparked interest as a way to study how language evolved.
MiraRoss · 31-35, F
@Pikachu it really is. I might look into it but more
@MiraRoss

Honestly the more we learn about chimpanzees the more similarities we see with humans.
MiraRoss · 31-35, F
@Pikachu yes I bet