We share 70% of our DNA with... sea sponges?? - Polidicks

take that picture down that's my great uncle

[QUOTE=GodKing;23886063][img]http://www.treehugger.com/sea-sponge-pink.jpg[/img] Did your grandpa look like this? That's what I thought...[/QUOTE] ... Gramps?

[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;23886215]Last time I checked 30% of your DNA doesn't change within two generations.[/QUOTE] And it never will. Evilution is a lie.

He's just trolling, ignore him. As for the sponge, I'm not surprised. It just goes to show what a small change in the DNA can do.

Because the majority of your DNA codes for enzymes and proteins needed to break down nutrients. Even things that seem big to us, such as differences in appearance, aren't really big on a DNA scale.

[QUOTE=GodKing;23885042]I'm no monkey, I'm certainly no sponge.[/QUOTE] I agree. You look more like a troll.

[QUOTE=raBBish;23886620]I agree. You look more like a troll.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.regressionx.com/wow/Images/troll-warrior.gif[/img] How did you figure it out, mon? Also, Jesus rode a raptor.

Most DNA in the genome of any given organism isn't even used by the current form of that organism. It's simply "left over" genetic information from ancestral life forms. Fun fact: Using this method of seeing how much DNA we share with any given organism, we are able to figure out an ancestral family tree of all life on Earth. The amount of DNA we share tells us how recently our common ancestor (with whichever species we are comparing our DNA with) split into two different species.

do I smell a evolution vs. creationism flame war coming on?

[QUOTE=nemmises5;23887153]do I smell a evolution vs. creatioism flame war coming on?[/QUOTE] No, I was just fucking around.

ok good i was scared for a sec PAGE KING /caps

If we evolved from sponges, then why aren't they extinct? Same with monkeys. Creatures only evolve because they need to adapt to their environment, so the sponge wouldn't be around. Neither would monkeys. Maybe something more similar like Homo erectus, but not monkeys, and definitely not sponges.

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[QUOTE=flarrm;23887200]If we evolved from sponges, then why aren't they extinct? Same with monkeys. Creatures only evolve because they need to adapt to their environment, so the sponge wouldn't be around. Neither would monkeys. Maybe something more similar like Homo erectus, but not monkeys, and definitely not sponges.[/QUOTE] We share a common ancestor. We did not evolve from sponges and we did not evolve from monkeys. Monkeys and humans are modern animals.

[QUOTE=GodKing;23885042]How many times must it be said? We don't share DNA with anything because God made us unique and in His image. I'm no monkey, I'm certainly no sponge.[/QUOTE] thanks for the inevitable shitstorm.

[img]http://www.ericrogers.org/weblog/images/spongebobrainbow.jpg[/img] :downs:

I remember hearing somewhere that a fairly large percentage of DNA doesn't really do anything at all.

[QUOTE=Paramud;23885355]Are you a horse?[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://imagemacros.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/im_a_horse.jpg[/IMG] Anyway, I suppose Spongebob was right then.

That's unexpected.

[QUOTE=Pachengo;23887271]thanks for the inevitable shitstorm.[/QUOTE] I'm sorry!

[QUOTE=SamPerson123;23887301]I remember hearing somewhere that a fairly large percentage of DNA doesn't really do anything at all.[/QUOTE] The majority of our DNA creates our internal structure (organs, tissue, the things that allow everything to survive), which doesn't change much between any two living things. Even a clam has a similar internal structure to us, it's just organized, and built differently.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;23887585]Please tell me you're joking... [editline]09:31PM[/editline] And PLEASE tell me you're joking... I mean honestly are you both complete morons?[/QUOTE] Only 30%. The other 70% soaks up knowledge like a sponge. Also, if you couldn't tell from my more recent posts in the thread, yes, I am joking.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;23887585] And PLEASE tell me you're joking... I mean honestly are you both complete morons? [/QUOTE] they're being sarcastic you fuckwit they're bring up organized religion and pissing on it because thats the witty thing to do

Doesn't surprise me. I took a class in Zoology, and it's commonly believed that sponges are possibly our earliest multi-celled organisms, despite the fact that they're more like colonies.

If i get drunk enough i feel like a sponge....it all makes sense now...

[QUOTE=flarrm;23887200]If we evolved from sponges, then why aren't they extinct? Same with monkeys. Creatures only evolve because they need to adapt to their environment, so the sponge wouldn't be around. Neither would monkeys. Maybe something more similar like Homo erectus, but not monkeys, and definitely not sponges.[/QUOTE] Because not everything of a particular species evolves the same way. That's why there are different races of human, and different breeds of dog. Good fucking god, you have common sense?

[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;23887696]Because not everything of a particular species evolves the same way. That's why there are different races of human, and different breeds of dog. Good fucking god, do any of you have common sense?[/QUOTE] Common.. sense..?

[QUOTE=GodKing;23885042]How many times must it be said? We don't share DNA with anything because God made us unique and in His image. I'm no monkey, I'm certainly no sponge.[/QUOTE] Facepunch fails to recognize sarcasm/satire once again.

This makes sense because we all evolved from retarded sea monkeys.

[QUOTE=Agent_Wesker;23887762]This makes sense because we all evolved from retarded sea monkeys.[/QUOTE] [img]http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/92377yegd-w.jpg[/img] Dis my grand pappy.