Human and ape saliva are drastically different!
Evolutionists say that humans and modern apes have descended from a common ancestor. However, a study on the saliva of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas shows marked differences. The researchers found that “humans produce a waterier saliva, containing less than half the total protein” than that of great apes. They also discovered “unique protein profiles in humans that were distinct from those of nonhuman primates.”
Why would humans produce more-watery saliva? One suggestion is it helps us when doing what chimps and gorillas never do—talking or singing. (Consider how hard it would be to do either well if suffering from a dry mouth.)
The researchers speculated that our diet and/or oral bacteria helped our saliva to ‘evolve’ to be ‘unique’ in regard to the ‘other apes’.
These unique differences took the researchers by surprise. But there should be no surprise, because humans and great apes were created separately on Day 6.
- Thamadilok, S. and 7 others, Human and non-human primate lineage-specific footprints in the salivary proteome, Molecular Biology and Evolution msz223, 15 Oct 2019.
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