History Forum / General / Ancient History / August 2007

The Temple in Man
http://tinyurl.com/247g3m
Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man
by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
http://tinyurl.com/28ftwx

Our human ancestors have walked this
planet for three million years. Our primate
ancestors, with whom we share 98% to 99%
of our genes, have lived in Earth's forests for
55 million years. The fact that you are alive
today is living proof that every single one of
your ancestors had successful sex, right
back to the first bacteria, 3.8 billion years ago.
Saying that chimpanzees share over 98% of
their genes with humans does not mean they
are that similar to humans since daffodils
share more than 25%  ...
Scientists decoded a Chimpanzee chromosome
and compared it to its human counterpart,
opening the way to fuller understanding of the
mutations that gave rise to humans. The last
common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans
lived six million years ago, and we still share
99 percent of our genetic material with
Chimpanzees. Humans have 23 pairs of
chromosomes, while chimpanzees have 24.
Scientists believe that humans emerged when
two pairs of their chromosomes merged together,
while these remained distinct entities in
chimpanzees. An international group of 40
scientists led by Asao Fujiyama of Japan
sought to look for signs of genetic changes
in the chromosomes that would help in the
acquisition of human characteristics, such as
bipedism or the use of language. They compared
chromosome 22 of the chimpanzee with its
human counterpart, chromosome 21.  ...
http://www.biospace.com/Default.aspx
http://www.biospace.com/news_print.aspx?NewsEntityId=16299520

It's not just genes that sets us apart
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 13 (UPI) -
http://tinyurl.com/289osf
U.S. geneticists believe they know why
humans are so different from chimps,
although sharing most of the same genes:
it's how the genes are used.

After studying the regulatory sequences
adjacent to 6,280 genes in the DNA of
chimps, humans and the rhesus macaque,
Duke University scientists determined the
differences center mainly on traits involving
brains and diet -- or, as one researcher
put it: "It's rather like the same set of notes
being played in very different ways."

"Positive selection, the process by which
genetic changes that aid survival and
reproduction spread throughout a species,
has targeted the regulation of many genes
known to be involved in the brain and nervous
system and in nutrition," said Ralph Haygood,
a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of
Duke biology professor Gregory Wray.

Although many studies have looked for
significant differences in the coding
regions of genes relating to neural system
development and failed to find any, the
Duke team believes its study is the first
to take a genome-wide look at the evolution
of regulatory sequences in different organisms.

The report appears in the online
edition of the journal Nature Genetics.
 http://tinyurl.com/289osf

A Museum for the President of the USA!
                   The Bible speaks for itself
                     at the Creation Museum!
  http://www.creationmuseum.org/about
        Walk through the Garden of Eden.
          http://www.creationmuseum.org/
              The Tree of Life, central to the
      garden, stretches out its branches,
                      laden with ripened fruits.
        Walk through the Cave of Sorrows
          and see the horrific effects of the
                     Fall of man. Sounds of a
            sin-ravaged world echo through
                   the room. Finally, see the
              sacrificial Lamb on the cross,
              and the hope of redemption...
 http://www.creationmuseum.org/about

Americans are Flocking to a
Hi-Tech Creation Museum
Where Man and Dinosaurs
Frolick Happily Together...

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/19/3275/
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2872252.ece