Posted by Linjun Xu on August 04, 1998 at 09:41:53:
First of all I believe in evolution, so don't misunderstand:). I just have some questions
to ask, becuase I am lack of knowledge about evolution theory.
We know that Human has 46 chromosomes, and other animals have like 48, 50, 34 ... All animals
are different in Chromosome number. So during evolution, how many chromosomes do human ancestors have?
I mean those apes :), not stone age human. And how many chromosomes do those ape's ancestors have?
Do we keep 46 chromosomes thoughtout the whole evolution, starting from a single cell living?
If our number of chromosomes has changed during evolution, then it sounds very strange to me. Imaging
that two apes with 100 chromosomes, their sperms and eggs with 50 each. Then their children suddenly have
46 chromosomes and that is human cell. So now if Human being needs to evolve some more, how many chromosomes
should we evolve into this time? If we will never evolve again, please tell me why not?
Those questions must be stupid to experts, but I am not clear about that.
so please anwer if you have time.