From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
     MarkE wrote:   
      
      
   > It is difficult to quantify, but even a casual observer of chimps and   
   > humans recognises the scale of the difference. Civilisation and   
   > spaceflight, for example.   
      
   Chimps evolved in the other direction. There was only one species that   
   encompassed both the Chimp & human ancestors and eventually they split.   
   It was after that split when the Chimp line adapted to the forest,   
   evolved knuckle walking... their brains shrunk... they became chimps.   
      
   Chimps are as far away from that common ancestor as we are.   
      
   > If you claim a functional difference of that magnitude could be obtained   
   > with the addition of only a few thousand bits of information, I'd say   
   > you've never designed anything. Sorry, no free lunch.   
      
   The Neanderthal brain was very different from so called moderns, in some   
   respects, yet they weren't even a different species. Differences aren't   
   necessarily important.   
      
   Strip down 100 men and you're going to see some pretty big variation in   
   penises!  But they all serve the exact same purpose, no matter how   
    measurable  those differences are. The differences can   
   be important SOCIALLY though. Like in a sexually-selected population   
   you probably don't want a small or ugly or bent-funny willy, else your   
   potential mates are just going to choose someone else.   
      
      
      
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