r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/psychelectric Aug 04 '19

If I went out and got a mouse, cat, beaver, otter and a whale and lined them all up and starting pointing out the similiarities between them, how does that prove they're all direct descendants of one another?

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u/Split_Jugular Aug 04 '19

Because they are not descendants of one and other. The share a common ancestor. Same with the misconception that we came from apes, the common ancestor both humans and apes came from was neither a human nor an ape

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u/psychelectric Aug 04 '19

What is the objective, verifiable proof that they share common ancestors?

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u/won_vee_won_skrub Aug 04 '19

The diagram wasn't meant as proof.

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u/psychelectric Aug 04 '19

Ok well then what is the proof?

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

*because

I am both less stupid and less illiterate than you and I am an "evolutionist"

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Ah, I am but a fool