Just Imagine!

Let's not get too uppity

And think that humankind

Is evolution's final goal.

And also bear in mind

 

That living things continue to

Evolve at different rates--

A process that natural

Selection orchestrates.

 

It's strange how we all started out--

And plants evolved as well--

A few billion years ago

As just a single cell.

 

We've come a long way since that time.

All life forms are linked.

But even so, a large percent

Of them are now extinct.

 

Think about molecular

Evolution, too.

It has backed up much of what

Darwin said was true.

 

We have common ancestors

With which we had connections

Before humans and apes branched out,

Going in different directions.

 

Although human molecules

Are closer to chimps' than to those

Of any other organism,

I do not suppose

 

That many people want to know that.

They would rather think

That they can prove that science is wrong

By screaming "Missing link!"

 

What if things had been reversed--

That after many ages,

Chimps had gained the upper hand,

And put us in their cages?

 

-by Bob B (2-25-26)