Ancestors

Textbooks and teachers still proclaim that humans and chimps are 98% genetically identical. The evidence clearly demonstrates vast molecular differences—differences that can be attributed to the fact that humans, unlike animals, were created in the image and likeness of God(Genesis 1:26-27; see Lyons and Thompson, 2002a, 2002b).

Elaine Morgan commented on this difference when she observed: Considering the very close genetic relationship that has been established by comparison of biochemical properties of blood proteins, protein structure and DNAand immunological responses, the differences between a man and a chimpanzee are more astonishing than the resemblances.

They include structural differences in the skeleton, the muscles, the skin, and the brain; differences in posture associated with a unique method of locomotion; differences in social organization; and finally the acquisition of speech and toolusing, together with the dramatic increase in intellectual ability which has led scientists to name their own species Homo sapiens sapiens—wise wise man.

 During the period when these remarkable evolutionary changes were taking place, other closely related ape-like species changed only very slowly, and with far less remarkable results. It is hard to resist the conclusion that something must have happened to the ancestors of Homo sapiens which did not happen to the ancestors of gorillas and chimpanzees (1989, pp. 1718, emp. added).

 That “something” actually is “Someone”—the Creator.