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Inspired by a comment shared on Jerry Coyne\u2019s blog<\/a>. Presumably most will grasp that this is satire of the foolish question sometimes asked by opponents of mainstream science, \u201cIf humans evolved from monkeys, then why are there still monkeys?\u201d Obviously the same ridiculous question could be asked of young-earth creationists and anyone else who takes the creation language in Genesis 2 literally.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"