Things you've always wanted to know......
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
if we evolved from apes , how come there are still apes about
Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
we didn't evolve from apes.We are apes.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
I'd say we evolved alongside apes and that apes are still here because there's no reason for them not to be.
I'd ask why homo sapiens is so much more intelligent than any other creature. We've made machines to discover what makes the things that make the things that make atoms, we can determine the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars and can make vaccines to eradicate illnesses. The next most intelligent creatures poke twigs in a hole to eat ants. Why such a gulf?
I'd ask why homo sapiens is so much more intelligent than any other creature. We've made machines to discover what makes the things that make the things that make atoms, we can determine the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars and can make vaccines to eradicate illnesses. The next most intelligent creatures poke twigs in a hole to eat ants. Why such a gulf?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
I reckon animals have looked at humans and decided its not worth it.Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 3:19 pm I'd say we evolved alongside apes and that apes are still here because there's no reason for them not to be.
I'd ask why homo sapiens is so much more intelligent than any other creature. We've made machines to discover what makes the things that make the things that make atoms, we can determine the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars and can make vaccines to eradicate illnesses. The next most intelligent creatures poke twigs in a hole to eat ants. Why such a gulf?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
(Theory is) because we share a common ancestor which is now extinct.daytimedave wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:16 am if we evolved from apes , how come there are still apes about
We didn't evolve from apes, we both evolved from a common ancestor or ancestors (& while doing so, split from each other).
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Tbf to Millwall fans, they can do a little bit more than that..Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 3:19 pm I'd ask why homo sapiens is so much more intelligent than any other creature.
That's one of the BIG questions.. Darwin & 'natural selection' possibly attempts to partly answer this.
We've made machines to discover what makes the things that make the things that make atoms, we can determine the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars and can make vaccines to eradicate illnesses. The next most intelligent creatures poke twigs in a hole to eat ants.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
What's intelligent about conciously developing the ability to destroy your own (and most other) species?
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Sadly humans remain much closer to being animals than many would like to admit. Despite going to the best schools and universities the ‘great minds’ that run countries around the globe are typically undone by very animalistic instincts. Matt Hancock is a great example. Caught snogging a woman down an alley way during COVID and tossing away his political career in the process. Now aptly off to the jungle with all the other animals.
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We developed bean counters early in the evolution process. This meant that we knew just how many baked beans we had to keep us going over the winter.
That and learnt how to cook using fire – You can see in some parts of Spain, where Dan's early ancestors used to carve & handprint on cave walls how to slow cook or smoke a hank of mammoth.
With detailed guidelines on how doing so ensured that the marbled fat rendered down to a delicious juiciness, and the monkey hair used as part of the smoking process gave the meat a unique flavour.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Well that'd be easy to work out - it'd be a big fat ZERO! for me.Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:46 am This meant that we knew just how many baked beans we had to keep us going over the winter.
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you know you want to ...Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:00 am Well that'd be easy to work out - it'd be a big fat ZERO! for me.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
So where does leave the contributors to The Fighting Cock?
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Warp too.Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:32 pm and richie..? hope they're both ok.
funny how you notice some posters no longer posting on here.
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He’s OK but is taking an indefinite break from posting.
I believe Dave WHU1964 keeps in close touch.
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IIRC he seemed to lose it over Putin and the Ukraine thing. Shame if it hit him that hard.
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Cheers Jennings.
I did get a PM with an explanation. Just pleased it's not his health.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
I strongly believe in some sort of alien intervention and guidance at certain points in history.Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 3:19 pm I'd say we evolved alongside apes and that apes are still here because there's no reason for them not to be.
I'd ask why homo sapiens is so much more intelligent than any other creature. We've made machines to discover what makes the things that make the things that make atoms, we can determine the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars and can make vaccines to eradicate illnesses. The next most intelligent creatures poke twigs in a hole to eat ants. Why such a gulf?
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Likewise, I knew he’d had some health issues & was just pleased to know he was in fact fit & healthy.Eggs'n'nuts wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:01 pm Cheers Jennings.
I did get a PM with an explanation. Just pleased it's not his health.