The Rapidly Unraveling Thread between DNA and "Human Evolution"
by Frank Sherwin, M.A. Christian students in secular schools
have been unnecessarily troubled by evidence from DNA (genetic
material found in the nucleus of virtually all cells) that
allegedly shows chimpanzees to be our close evolutionary
cousins. We are told that over 98% of human and chimpanzee DNA
is the same, and this gives credence to an unknown common
ancestor for the two groups. But since people and chimpanzees
eat the same food, breathe the same air, and drink the same
water, wouldn't much of their DNA be the same? As is always the
case there's scientific evidence to this evolutionary story that
is not being told, "Molecular phylogenetics [tracing `human
evolution' using DNA and/or protein] has provided new insights
into human evolution, but many of its findings and
interpretations have been vigorously challenged. The controversy
surrounding molecular phylogenetics is now so heated that the
field cannot be discussed without also consider