I said that it takes thousands of years to SPECIATE an animal (create a new species). This has nothing to do with breed. Dogs are a subspecies, meaning they can still mate with wolves and coyotes. They have not become a separate species even after 10k years of selective breeding.
The genetic distance required to do this naturally takes a long time. Our closest cousin, the bonobo/chimpanzee shares an ancestor with the human, but that ancestor lives hundreds of thousands if not a million or more years ago
if we go back far enough, yes, all life is related, albeit very distantly. The Plant and Animal Kingdoms are very far apart genetically, but we still share DNA.
I said that it takes thousands of years to SPECIATE an animal (create a new species). This has nothing to do with breed. Dogs are a subspecies, meaning they can still mate with wolves and coyotes. They have not become a separate species even after 10k years of selective breeding.
The genetic distance required to do this naturally takes a long time. Our closest cousin, the bonobo/chimpanzee shares an ancestor with the human, but that ancestor lives hundreds of thousands if not a million or more years ago
if we go back far enough, yes, all life is related, albeit very distantly. The Plant and Animal Kingdoms are very far apart genetically, but we still share DNA.
Humans are apes, not monkeys. It's pretty clear. We are very smart apes, but apes nonetheless.
I don't think it diminishes the human race at all, it's just our physical construction.