If there wasn't a first human couple, then aren't we the descendants of two distinctly different species?

Every thing I've ever seen, read, or heard about started in one small little place, and grew outward from there. But if there wasn't an Adam and Eve, and we are a distinct species, then we must be crossbred. What species' have gone into our human gene pool? If you can't name the species, then it would be appropriate to say that humans are different than all the rest of Earthly biology. Something unique. Something made special, and yes, even better than animals. If you can name the species, then do so. If you can't name the species that bred across species lines, then let the people build thier self esteem.





Somehow, telling people that they are the result of mutation, like the x-men on saturday morning seems to be just as demeaning as saying our ancestors were monkey lovers. Are we beasts, freaks, or a higher form of life created by a very beautiful God?





These are three ways to look at yourself, and three ways to look at your neigbors. Walk down the street, and take a survey.

If there wasn't a first human couple, then aren't we the descendants of two distinctly different species?
It's difficult to know which I find less appealing in this: the ignorance or the condescending attitude.





Hmm, on brief reflection I'm going with the condescending attitude being more annoying - a bit of reading could clear up the lack of knowledge after all.
Reply:Thank you for showing again that the only people who don't accept evolution are those who don't understand it. (You're american, right?)





Next time ask biology questions in the right category, but just for you:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolu...
Reply:Christians aren't smart enough to answer this question.
Reply:No, it wasn't one mutation that sent something completely over the species line, it was just distinctly different from the rest of the members of its species. It was still an ape-like creature, and through many series of mutations like this, it developed into what would be deemed an acceptable human being.





Whether or not the truth makes us feel better is irrelevant.
Reply:All humans are the descendants of Jesus Christ!! The first humans were adam and eve. Read the Bible!!!!!!!!
Reply:Interesting.....but understand that when Adam and Eve came on the scene, there were already thousands of people from the 6th day "creation".


(creation is in quotes because we were already souls created long before, but in Genesis flesh is created for those souls).
Reply:Uh....
Reply:The things you have read and heard or seen are being misinterpreted by you for whatever reason. So any of your supposed logical conclusions are worthless. If you would only actually read or better yet STUDY the bible, then maybe you could spare us this incessant blathering.
Reply:This question results from the fuzzy areas related to, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"





These questions challenge our notion of what makes a chicken a chicken. How should a member of a species be scientifically defined? By certain characteristics, or by heredity?
Reply:You're better then the animals, huh? Ok. Try reproducing without fertilization. Try living without nourishment. Try going for more then three days without water. Rotsaluck, George.





You're just another animal that happens to have a better developed brain then the squirrels and monkeys.





Humans evolved from a chain of creatures that are no longer with us. If I tell you that Australopithecus' were part of your lineage, would you accept it? You've already been told repeatedly that cro-magnins were in your family, and that the neanderthalers were probably parallel competitors to your ancestors (unless you went to public school in Tennessee). If you've taken even a moderately negligent science class, you've already had lists of species read out to you from your ancestor chain. All of these ancestors and competitors are now el-gone-o, probably because we're smarter and meaner and more aggressive then they were, and so we systematically eliminated them. That's the leading theory, anyway.





Just read a book for the great punta's sake.





If you think X-men is an accurate portrayal of evolution, then you're intentionally blinding yourself to acquiring an accurate picture of the current model of evolution. Nobody can help you. You're hopelessly deluded and if that works for you, then fine, as long as you suffer your affliction quietly and don't bother the rest of us.





Now, either go back to school and learn something, or just quietly wear your pointly little hat and sit in the corner. Thank you.





ELDAD9: I was perfectly happy to agree with you, until you made the snide comment about Americans. Our state department has noted your insolence! The Marines are on the way! Maybe not, but I gave you thumbs down, in their stead.
Reply:Well, aren't we being a little biased. I was fully expecting you to say we all came from a retarded fishfrog.





this should help(btw click it to enlarge the graph): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...