Ferrets and Humans are Related
At the risk of creating a rift between the Evolutionists and Creationists on this site, I’d like to comment on a recent article that caught my interest.
Modern science has taught us that all mammals on the Earth are related and share common ancestry. Of course, just how far back in time the family tree forked depends upon the classifications of the Family of the species within the Mammalia classes that are being compared.
According to Wikipedia.org, the first mammals appeared on Earth roughly 200 Million years ago. With this information in the back of my mind, I stopped by the website Time Tree which is the subject of a new iPhone application and discussed by the UK’s Telegraph.
Ferrets and Humans Share DNA
By comparing humans (Primates) and ferrets (Mustela putorius furo), we can see that our ancestors headed down different evolutionary roads about 96 million years ago. Before this point, we were 1 in the same – sleeping, eating and playing together as 1 species.
Fascinating, unbelievable or not believable ? Let me know what your thoughts are.
