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Evolution - How could you not believe this.

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jfxphoto
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It's almost creepy how they use the towel.
Aug 21 2011 6:36PM
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geteducated
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orangutan uses a towel,
a modern human invention,
evolution must be true.

not denying evolution.

i just think that if you used this as evidence. any person with a logical thought would be able to identify the fallacy of the evidence you used to support your evolution claim.
Aug 22 2011 6:38PM
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ohmythugaim
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I'm assuming OP was just joking, everyone knows evolution happens... Those who refuse to believe it are a lost cause.
Aug 22 2011 7:01PM
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Download-My-Apps
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Chimps have been known for a long time to use tools and teach each other. Im sure its the same for this fella. This isn't evolution, using this towel has nothing to do with survival,other orangantangs did not get killed because they didn't know how to use a towel. Give an animal a tool they will use it if they can physiologically its called learning.
Aug 22 2011 7:44PM
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geteducated
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yes, i can train my dog get a beer from the fridge.

i could also do it myself.

doesn't make my dog some kind of evolution wonder.

apes are visual learners. i bet you could teach that orangutan to plant a tree as well.
Aug 22 2011 7:50PM
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Rossberger
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Divergent evolution
Aug 22 2011 7:56PM
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maxwell666
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what are you trying to dispute?
i pointed out the common ancestor bit, and what i said about not evolving from something that exists today is still correct. the portion of primates that stayed in south africa would continue to evolve, no visible changes might occur but everything evolves, a common misconception is that evolution is the same as complexity, we are more complex than chimps but they have evolved for the same amount of time that we have, and as such are equally evolved. when people say that humans are more evolved than monkeys, they either dont know what they are talking about, or they are using the word to describe complexity, in which case the word 'evolved' is not referring to the theory of evolution.
Aug 22 2011 8:32PM
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Canepski
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this.
Aug 22 2011 9:02PM
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Rachy
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Seriously?

I didn't say what kind of Apes, I just said Ape.

All humans are Primates.

Humans and apes evolved form hominoidea In which the extinct ancestor would have been classified as an ape as well.
Aug 23 2011 2:57AM
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Rachy
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This was bothering me (been 6 years since primatology.) In my course we used. Mono
Aug 23 2011 4:48AM
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Rachy
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Hate my phone... Monopyletic terms cause they work better with the subject material. You can think of it your way or the way I learned, neither is wrong. You end up saying we evolved from apes or a primate that was ape like. Taxonomy lables arent an exact science. They change constantly which may be one of the reasons the mono system exists and works.
Aug 23 2011 4:54AM
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Orrin
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Oh dawm, shit just got real.

Wow no memes yet.
Aug 23 2011 5:39AM
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Jpurd
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Thats pretty cool!
Aug 23 2011 7:10AM
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Zimmerman
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you've got to be kidding me. plate tectonics. read about it.
Aug 23 2011 11:56AM
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Zimmerman
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you've got to be kidding me. plate tectonics. read about it.
Aug 23 2011 11:56AM
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Zimmerman
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you've got to be kidding me. plate tectonics. read about it.
Aug 23 2011 11:57AM
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zues
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no such thing as plate techtonics
Aug 23 2011 12:22PM
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ohmythugaim
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troll harder
Aug 23 2011 1:30PM
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wiener
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You need to learn about tectonic plates and the formation of continents.

When super terrains collide the oceanic shelf that surrounds them is thrust up. This is how mountains are made. Oceanic shelves are rich with fossils due to rapid sedimentation. Thus fossils on a mountain.
Aug 23 2011 1:46PM
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howlongcanausern
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the fossil record. 'nuff said
Aug 23 2011 3:00PM
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Ski_the_east01
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seconded
Aug 23 2011 3:24PM
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saranac_tortex
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Ill just leave this here http://www.thinkatheist.com/photo/photo/show?id=1982180%3APhoto%3A644677

Click for larger image
Aug 23 2011 4:22PM
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