Comments on: Gorilla at an Illinois Zoo Rescues a 3-Year-Old Boy – New York Times http://flickerbulb.com/2008/03/17/gorilla-at-an-illinois-zoo-rescues-a-3-year-old-boy-new-york-times/ soho zombie, slave to the man, code monkey, lover & hater, and, one downright good looking bastard. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:14:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: chris corwin http://flickerbulb.com/2008/03/17/gorilla-at-an-illinois-zoo-rescues-a-3-year-old-boy-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-319 chris corwin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:45:50 +0000 http://flickerbulb.com/2008/03/17/gorilla-at-an-illinois-zoo-rescues-a-3-year-old-boy-new-york-times/#comment-319 it doesn't make you, even just a little bit, curious about it all? it doesn't make you question whether evolution might accurately describe how we humans got to be how we are? as a side note -- and maybe you were speaking colloquially for brevity's sake, but no one in authority on the matter believes that gorillas are, in any way, a human ancestor. what evolution explains is how humans and gorillas likely evolved from a shared, primate, ancestor. it doesn’t make you, even just a little bit, curious about it all?

it doesn’t make you question whether evolution might accurately describe how we humans got to be how we are?

as a side note — and maybe you were speaking colloquially for brevity’s sake, but no one in authority on the matter believes that gorillas are, in any way, a human ancestor.

what evolution explains is how humans and gorillas likely evolved from a shared, primate, ancestor.

]]> By: Peter Eicher http://flickerbulb.com/2008/03/17/gorilla-at-an-illinois-zoo-rescues-a-3-year-old-boy-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Peter Eicher Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:40:52 +0000 http://flickerbulb.com/2008/03/17/gorilla-at-an-illinois-zoo-rescues-a-3-year-old-boy-new-york-times/#comment-317 I guess it's a matter of perspective, my friend. I would look at the same story, and say, Isn't it miraculous how God can use a gorilla to save the life of a child? Because they have similar maternal qualities hardly proves ancestry. I guess it’s a matter of perspective, my friend. I would look at the same story, and say, Isn’t it miraculous how God can use a gorilla to save the life of a child?

Because they have similar maternal qualities hardly proves ancestry.

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