The differences can be fascinating... sharing 50% of human DNA is the banana, adding another 10% of shared DNA yields a fruit fly.

But something all life has in common, even athiests and creationists, is the reliance on proton gradients.

I don't know whether god does also, but I'm unaware if the question of whether god is alive or not has been established? If not alive what is the alternative?

On a philosophical level god seems to require belief to exist and, according to many adherents, demands worship... maybe worship is a form of god nutrient?

George, isn't the idea in evolution that every living thing has shared ancestry? 

Pericles, I understand that people only ever had other people as ancestors. Many, if not most, would class Neanderthals in the category of 'people'.

Dan S de Merengue,

Of course, we share ancestors with any “living thing”, e.g chimpanzees or cockroaches. The question is only how far down the Darwin’s tree of life they are (which is reflected in the percentage of DNA we share with them).

I just don’t think chimpanzees (or cockroaches) are among our ancestors.

i just love how the pug hybred seems that step..too far

anyhow..the genes..make the features..we got knees from pigs/pig heart valves ETC/BLIND FREDY WILL SEE THE LINK..BUT SOMEHOW..APES SEEMS MORE 'BELIEVABLE'

QUOTE..mm,,<<But it does raise a question back to you: what is the meaning of the term "Neanderthal Man" to a young-earth creationist?>>

AN UNRELATED 'OTHER APE PIG HYBRED'
A TEST RUN IF YOU WILL BETWEEN A DIFFERENT SPECIES OF APE AND PIG

[its not rocket science..once ya get fertile cross breeds/read how the echidna/platypus are the result of the same/how else ya get mammalian egg layers..unrelated to nuthin/THUS..no evolution ..only a long period of homogenization..into a new genus/'prOGRESSION'[IE RAPE OR OVER ZEALOUS LOVE MAKING/..THINK JUST LIKE CATS PLAY WITH RATS..OR BEING RAISED BY WOLVES.

>>We allegedly share 98.8 % of DNA with chimpanzees but are there any “traces of chimpanzees’ DNA found in all humans”?<<[NOGEORGE THATS THE LIE..PLEASE READ THE PREVIOUS LINK

PERICULES REPLY..<<>.I don't know the answer to that, but I am now keen to find out how it fits into the picture.>>

YET JOHAN and his piggie theory...IS WRONG/wrong..wrong..i mean it must be wRONG[RIGHT?]..BAH WE HAVE WITNESSED THESE THINGS/STILL CRITTERS GET RAPED IN 'NATUre'..all the time/by pig got fertilized by as horny chimp/

no we know cheeta couldnt do..that

lol

WM/INTERESTING COMMENT..<<The differences can be fascinating... sharing 50% of human DNA is the banana, adding another 10% of shared DNA yields a fruit fly.>>

ITS FUNNY..BUT RECALL OUR DNA Accumulated via plant virus/alterations
[see symbiosis]

,,<<..But something all life has in common, even athiests and creationists, is the reliance on proton gradients.>>EXCELLENCE [insightful words again]..im this i see the artists hand/his methodoligy..if we will.

<<>.I don't know whether god does>>..god is recognised by his qualities[the logic..of our gnosis..being by virtue..of us living..and god sustaining our living via the light..that in time by randiom selection..he evolve..a semblance of thyself[it helps to be more like lucy the pig..not lucy the ape,,atheist-eve]

MM>>..also, but I'm unaware if the question of whether god is alive or not has been established? If not alive what is the alternative?>>

is your 'life energy'..alive..or sustaining you to live?
is electricity..that it empowers..to 'live'..the quality of the thing..or the motive power?

on no level does god seems to require belief to exist nor require/demands worship.....but its just so nice when the kiddies finally see what he does for EVERY LIVING THING

<<>>maybe worship is a form of god nutrient?>>
that much depends on the level of perception..giving back..tHE PRAISE..and why..[like i feed my fish..unthinking..they wag their taIlS/almost jumping out of the tanks..with excitement..THE REPTILES JUST SEE THE FOOD..THE CHOOKS COME A RUNNING..whereas the dogs..HEAR MY STEP AND BEGIN DROOLING..THEN COME ON THE HUNT WITH ME.

YET EACH IS A FORM OF GIVING BACK..AND ENERGY MUST FLOW..i agree.
t.y.

Wel, ye-e-e-e-e-s, Dan S de Merengue.

>>Pericles, I understand that people only ever had other people as ancestors. Many, if not most, would class Neanderthals in the category of 'people'.<<

I was actually asking you, as a young-earth creationist, where you see the Neanderthals fitting into your worldview. As in, how long ago did they live, where did they live etc. etc. Were Adam and Eve perhaps Neanderthal? If so, at what point did they mate with non-Neanderthal "people"? Or was one Neanderthal, the other not?

I am genuinely curious as to how you include these items, that some would classify as anomalous, within your creationist theories.