Humans not quite as complex as they like to think

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LJK — 12/9/2005 6:12:27 PM (archived)

The Simple Life Ain't So Simple

By Elizabeth Pennisi

ScienceNOW Daily News

6 December 2005

The anthropomorphic view of evolution just received another blow. Humans top the evolutionary hierarchy because of our supposed complexity, which is backed by an incredibly sophisticated genetic portfolio. But a new survey of marine life indicates that "simple" organisms such as corals and sea anemones have many of the same genes and complex gene families--consisting of many closely related genes derived from the same ancestral gene--as we do, leaving open the question of what really sets us apart from other species.

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/1206/2

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Occam's Razor: God did it! - SDF - 11/30/2005 1:39:10 PM
- Only if you discount the fact that God's dad showed him how. (n/t) - azstrummer - 12/1/2005 10:05:21 PM
- God doesn't use Occam's razor. Or anyone else's. - Sam F. - 12/1/2005 4:28:20 AM
- LOL.. Nobody wants to tackle that one. (n/t) - SDF - 12/1/2005 12:47:23 AM
  - Define "did". - Bowser - 12/1/2005 12:52:14 AM
    - Intelligent design? No smart engineer designed our bodies, Sherman tells premeds in class on Darwinian medicine - LJK - 12/7/2005 9:35:54 PM
      - Humans not quite as complex as they like to think - LJK - 12/9/2005 6:12:27 PM

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