"Humans are still apes" is un-Darwinian.

Darwin is saying that all animals are linked by genealogical ties. The mouse and the elephant share a common ancestor, a small, shrew-like creature, 200million years ago. So is he saying elephants are still mice, just big mice with a funny nose? No, the theory, as the book title suggests, is a theory of origins. Given 10million years descent with modification can come up with something genuinely new. By spreading the necessary changes across millions of generations, descent with modification can even produc... (read more)