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Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, people say scientists say we descended from monkeys, but i've never heard a scientist say that.
apparently tho at some point in time, we had a common ancestor.

if anything, as more has been found, it's only strengthened the theory of evolution. they found another fossil in the last week or two of an animal a scientist had predicted. like halley and his comet, the guy got it right.

Yeah, I don't understand why Science says, "common ancestor" and Average Joe hears "monkey is your uncle."

It's interesting you mention fossil discovery- one of the things evolutionary biologists and scientists do is make predictions, and yeah, another cool thing is that very often later on fossil or DNA discoveries support the prediction.

And when they don't support it, rather than being pissy about it, scientists are excited about the new possibilities for exploration of our origins:

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/con...3/s3905527.htm