[QUOTE][b]My point is simply that a history of creation and a history of evolution would produce a similar pattern, so the pattern in and of itself isn't evidence for evolution.[/QUOTE]
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A history of Creation, in which systems were modified from animal states to human forms is philosophically indistinguishable from evolution, in fact, that is theistic evolution.
If it looks like a chimp, and has the DNA of a chimp, chances are, it's either a chimp or a modified chimp.