Re: This thing is toast

"For human mtDNA, the usual tool for genetic studies changes so immensely fast that if we look at the mutations in the HV region (which is assumed neutral) we observed that humans, chimps, bonobos and neandertalers all have a common ancestor around 150 thousand years ago. Variability inducing mutations (by jumping genetic elements and repetitive sequences) can also be assumed neutral and occur with high incidences, too. The RFLP techniques in use by forensic investigaors are based on this phenomeneon and are able to discriminate between father and son."


What you have to realize, John, is that Peter has to use the same terminology as other scientists use. It's no different in many ID/creationist books. They refer to bones/strata/fossils as being hundreds of thousands/millions of years old simply because that's what they "are." But this is only for reference. I don't believe Peter is a 6-day creationist, but I'm pretty sure he believes that life on earth is a relatively recent phenomenon. If you read through his posts he certainly does not believe that chimps and humans share a common ancestor, thus, his comment about 150,000 years is probably just a point of reference.

I'm glad you liked the dialog though....I find it fascinating as well. Here's another thread Peter participated in...his paper regarding his falsification of common decsent is linked in the first post:


http://www.iscid.org/boards/ubb-get_topic-f-6-t-000656.html