AK - Jeff, I was very surprised when I found out that animals have thirteen pairs of ribs, and humans only twelve pairs. Doesn't say much, but it makes you think, doesn't it?
When the human pair went rogue, big problems set in. They wanted to be independent, so God had to step aside. He knew of the coming complications, therefore made arrangements for it to be fixed. Hopefully we can put this one to bed now.
A few years there was an article on mitochondrial RNA in Time Magazine. The heading went something like this: "In search of Eve." Mitochondrial RNA can only be passed on to her offspring by the woman. After studying mitochondrial RNA deviation in humans, the scientists concluded "we are not as old as we thought," because they found much less deviation than expected. So, perhaps, with your question, you are putting God on the stand. You never know, you might just get an answer.
Knowsnothing, agreed. Definitely room there for exploration.
Twitch, the question is: Evolution or adaption? The animal might have grown a new coat (adaption) but he did not change his genus (evolution). Perhaps you are referring to an interesting concept called Occam's razor. According to Webster:
a scientific and philosophic rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily which is interpreted as requiring that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex or that explanations of unknown phenomena be sought first in terms of known quantities
I go for the simple explanation until disproved. By the way, banana's are very healthy, that is if you eat them.