trilobyte, did you look into that "mixing up" of the number of base pairs vs. number of genes?
re: my post
posted October 25, 2006 05:45 PM on Fossils
Hiya trilobyte:
Re: the deleted thread about the human-chimp split. I don't know if you ever got to see my answer about your confusion between base pairs and genes. I think that is why the math didn't work out. There are thousands (even up to hundreds of thousands) of base pairs for a particular gene. So I think the math does about add up. Although it should, since it was through the math that they extrapolated back to determine the ~6Mya dates for the split.
I hope you get a chance to comment on my G&s, "facts" thread. I know it's not a technical matter like these threads of yours; but if you're up for a bit of philosophy and epistemology, I'd sure appreciate your take on the discussion.
Thanks, & still hopeful,
~samwik
