Koko is very human-like. http://www.koko.org/
2007-02-22 13:11:47 · 12 answers · asked by PragmaticMan 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Gorillas are not our ancestors, they are our co-descendants.
Sorry - I take that back. The person above me is clearly a lower form of life.
2007-02-22 13:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
ever even heard of dna? for a gorilla to be a gorilla, it has to have 48 chromosmes and the genetic patterns that make it a gorilla. different patterns, different creature. different number of chromosomes, different creature.
human = 46 chromosomes (unless non-disjunction occurs, whereas you have 47 or 45) and the genetic patterns that make us human.
if a gorilla had one less chromosme, technically it's closer to a human, no? but it's still a gorilla. if you try and take away 2 chromosomes, then you just messed up the spectrum and it won't live.
in terms of behavior, they have the mental aptitude of a four year old child at best. there are animals that aren't even primates that are smarter, such as the grey parrot
2007-02-22 13:22:55 · answer #2 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are apes. Great apes. The hominids are the members of the biological family Hominidae (the great apes), which includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens
Subspecies: H. s. sapiens
2007-02-22 13:16:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A) Gorillas are not "ancestors" of us. They are more like biological "cousins"...different branches of the same tree.
B) Koko is indeed very human-like. Exceptionally intelligent for her species.
C) If another species were indeed to develop human intelligence, I would be inclined to call them "human" (or at least "human-like")...as opposed to "homo-sapiens".
2007-02-22 13:16:02 · answer #4 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My dog is very human. He wants to understand me when I talk so badly. I can see it in his eyes, but like the gorilla - he's not human.
2007-02-22 13:16:35 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe in your primordial brain they are. They are beasts.......that's all, no more no less.........God and the Word of God made us in Their image, not a monkey's. But I know you cannot possibly understand the truth of God because you think you're so much like a monkey that you probably are in your own mind. So sad. You will be the one that will suffer for it, not the monkey.
2007-02-22 14:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by SLEDGE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They'd have to be sufficiently "human-like" to interbreed with us to be called "human".
And I'll leave the rest of the answer to your imagination.
2007-02-22 13:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAAAAA - my dog thinks she is human and walks on her hind legs, shall I call her your ancestor?
I say neither!
2007-02-22 13:20:49 · answer #8 · answered by Kim 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anymore human-like as in by .2%??? I'm sorry... can you please be a little more clear on that question? it needs to be more spacific... in the long run it really matters.
2007-02-22 13:15:48 · answer #9 · answered by TheMadHatter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were all created by Satan to delude man into believing evolutionism.
Duhhhh.
2007-02-22 13:15:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋