Board Thread:Clubs/@comment-38195691-20191127162526/@comment-44044902-20191221214843

72.205.20.162 wrote: SoKeepherOfTheLostCities wrote: Yeah, that's true, but there had to have been interbreeding between many animals for humans to evolve. Yes, I get that's not how it works today, but 2,000,000 million years ago... well, we don't know. So no, a new gene cannot be produced from two parents of the same species, but rather from two different types. There are two main types of our ancestors: Homo heidelbergensis and Homo neanderthalensis. There is common debate that we came from either of these, but a new study concurred that there had to have been interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis (gosh these names get confusing) to produce the "modern" human. "Although the narratives of human evolution are often contentious, DNA evidence shows that human evolution should not be seen as a simple linear or branched progression, but a mix of related species. In fact, genomic research has shown that hybridization between substantially diverged lineages is the rule, not the exception, in human evolution."

No, you're fine lol Don't take this in an offensive way, but every time I hear about evolution, it seems like I'm always hearing a different story. Before it was that we came from apes, now we come from some other creature.

NinjaTeddyBear No offense at all! I agree; about 5-6 years ago everyone talked about how we evolved from apes/monkeys, but I think that that's the beauty of modern technology. 2014's waaay different from 2019, and with all the new innovation, we can take a closer look at our ancestors better than ever.