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<blockquote data-quote="Eagle Eye" data-source="post: 2699940" data-attributes="member: 34489"><p>So the thinking goes as follows. </p><p></p><p>Sometime ago there was a species of Ape that is related to us, chimps, and other apes. Kind of like how dogs and wolves once had a common ancestor. This species then evolved into other types of Apes. Some that were in the heart of Africa, some migrated to the coast, some migrated north and out of Africa. Well, were ever they went, they took with them their DNA. Since no Ape individual is the same as another, DNA (aka individuals) were separated from another (spatially) and could not breed. Well since these.. let's call them lineages... lived in different environments (coastal, forest, savanna, desert etc etc) different traits were adaptive. So these populations (lineages) began to change from another (remember they are not breeding with another, since there were not airplanes, trains, or cars). Many lineages went extinct. Some did not, and they grew.... A lot! Then those lineages began to spread again, migrating to different environments. Now, That INCLUDES those lineages which we call Chimps, or in general APES. </p><p></p><p>We, humans, stem from one of those successful lineages. Modern chimps stem from a different successful lineage. </p><p></p><p>If we rewind again, we can say that a long time ago, we shared the same successful lineage as apes did. </p><p></p><p>This is much easier to show in picture form. Ill look for one. But I think I got the main idea across.</p><p></p><p>In summary. We share a common ancestor with Chimps, but that ancestor lived along time ago and is now extinct. However, Part of this ancestors DNA lives in us and in chimps. Thats why our DNA matches so closely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eagle Eye, post: 2699940, member: 34489"] So the thinking goes as follows. Sometime ago there was a species of Ape that is related to us, chimps, and other apes. Kind of like how dogs and wolves once had a common ancestor. This species then evolved into other types of Apes. Some that were in the heart of Africa, some migrated to the coast, some migrated north and out of Africa. Well, were ever they went, they took with them their DNA. Since no Ape individual is the same as another, DNA (aka individuals) were separated from another (spatially) and could not breed. Well since these.. let's call them lineages... lived in different environments (coastal, forest, savanna, desert etc etc) different traits were adaptive. So these populations (lineages) began to change from another (remember they are not breeding with another, since there were not airplanes, trains, or cars). Many lineages went extinct. Some did not, and they grew.... A lot! Then those lineages began to spread again, migrating to different environments. Now, That INCLUDES those lineages which we call Chimps, or in general APES. We, humans, stem from one of those successful lineages. Modern chimps stem from a different successful lineage. If we rewind again, we can say that a long time ago, we shared the same successful lineage as apes did. This is much easier to show in picture form. Ill look for one. But I think I got the main idea across. In summary. We share a common ancestor with Chimps, but that ancestor lived along time ago and is now extinct. However, Part of this ancestors DNA lives in us and in chimps. Thats why our DNA matches so closely. [/QUOTE]
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