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I saw this on Facebook:<\/p>\n

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It seems problematic from two perspectives \u2013 the use of \u201cbelief\u201d in relation to a scientific conclusion, and the depiction of the first primate ancestor shown in the image in a manner that looks like a modern animal, which confuses many people and leads to the inane objection based on that misconception, \u201cIf we evolved from monkeys then why are there still monkeys?\u201d<\/p>\n

But I decided to share it if only in the hope that it might inspire someone to make a better image. And its main point is solid and important: even evolution-deniers are participants in the evolutionary process, having descended with modification from their ancestors, and (if they have children) passing on their genes with modification to their descendants.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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