God in his infinite wisdom...

[Ms_Ann]

made some men white and some men black.

 

[FGB]

and a few other colors and shades too.

 

[Hard_Rom]

No, he made them black. The lack of sunlight in the north turned some white, yellow, red or brown.

 

[OldJourno]

No, he made them black. The lack of sunlight in the north turned some white, yellow, red or brown.

Is that a joke?

 

[Hard_Rom]

Is that a joke?

No its not.

 

[Sean]

Is that a joke?

You do know that the first homo sapiens appeared in East Africa, right?

 

[phrodeau]

God gave men nipples.

WTF, God?

 

[yossi]

Male nipples are fun to play with too.

 

[OldJourno]

You do know that the first homo sapiens appeared in East Africa, right?

Yeah. I got the post card. Mail service was shit back then.

 

[Ms_Ann]

God gave men nipples.

WTF, God?

And he could switch them on in a moment.

 

[Adre]

made some men white and some men black.

And he made men, and women, and men who pretend to be women...

 

[Ms_Ann]

Yeah. I got the post card. Mail service was shit back then.

Sean was there.

 

[Hard_Rom]

And he made green alligators and long necked geese.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees...

 

[Hard_Rom]

and some chimpanzees...

Who are white. Or pale skinned anyways. Gorillas are black skinned.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Who are white. Or pale skinned anyways. Gorillas are black skinned.

All just a great accident or a miraculous endeavor.

 

[Hard_Rom]

All just a great accident or a miraculous endeavor.

Humans developed on open savannas in East Africa. As they moved north they became lighter skinned. Gorillas live at altitude where perhaps the UV rays are stronger and their is not as much forest cover. Chimps are pure tropical forest dwellers. The tree canopy may shade them enough that they don't need dark skin.

Not a learned opinion but there is some merit in the argument.

Orangutans don't appear to be overly dark skinned and they live in deep jungles.

Read an article which suggested humans shared a common ancestor with orangutans not chimps. Similar dental pattern, shoulder blades and the fact orangutans grow beards. It was suggested that it showed how we had deviated genetically away from orangutans to one that seemed closer to chimpanzees.

 

[Hard_Rom]

All just a great accident or a miraculous endeavor.

Somewhere in between I think.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Somewhere in between I think.

God hired subcontractors?

 

[Hard_Rom]

I think they are called minions. Or is it angels?

 

[Ms_Ann]

Extra-terrestrials?

 

[EternalFantasy]

Isn't the closest link we got in evolution, the chimpanzees?

 

[Ms_Ann]

Isn't the closest link we got in evolution, the chimpanzees?

Are you a monkey's uncle?

 

[Hard_Rom]

Supposed to be. But this article pointed out that all genomes change over the millennia and ours could have mutated to resemble the chimps not our true closest cousin. teeth, shoulder blades and moustaches.

 

[phrodeau]

Isn't the closest link we got in evolution, the chimpanzees?

Humans are not descended from chimpanzees. Chimps, orangutans, gorillas and humans all descended from some primate ancestor.