Evolution - random variations, most of which average out, while some advantageous ones self-reinforce in a nondeterministic, unpredictable and path dependent manner.
https://twitter.com/_anshulkhare/status/1335549966362705920
Somewhere down the line, a minor difference separated us from our closest cousin, Chimpanzee.
"We are, to a 98% approximation,
chimpanzees...chimpanzees are only 97% gorillas
[but are 98% human.
Chimpanzees are closer to humans than they are to gorillas." Matt Ridley, Genome
"We are, to a 98% approximation,
chimpanzees...chimpanzees are only 97% gorillas
[but are 98% human.
Chimpanzees are closer to humans than they are to gorillas." Matt Ridley, Genome
"If you took two plastacene amoebae and turned one into a chimpanzee and the other into a human being, almost all the changes you would make would be the same. Both would need thirty-two teeth, five fingers, two eyes, four limbs and a liver...
From the perspective of an amoeba, or for that matter a fertilized egg, chimps & human beings are 98% the same. There is no bone in the chimpanzee
body that I do not share. There is no known chemical in the chimpanzee brain that cannot be found in the human brain...
body that I do not share. There is no known chemical in the chimpanzee brain that cannot be found in the human brain...
There is no known part of the immune system, the
digestive system, the lymph system, or the nervous system that we have and chimpanzees do not, or vice versa.
But of course, we have only 23 chromosomes vs their 24.
- Matt Ridley, Genome
digestive system, the lymph system, or the nervous system that we have and chimpanzees do not, or vice versa.
But of course, we have only 23 chromosomes vs their 24.
- Matt Ridley, Genome
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