Except that this is the Science, Technology and Nature forum. Someone's religious beliefs are meaningless in the face of scientific evidence that proves them incontrovertibly wrong.

how is "Humans are the product of a genetic engineering experiment." a religious belief ?

Have you ever heard of an experiment that someone didn't design? That someone wasn't observing? The statement reeks of ID/Creationism, which are faith-based beliefs.

for me it reeks extraterestrials

Expound please?

Gene HAR1. Not found in any other life forms to mutate or gain base pairs at the rate of humans. People believe that humans and chimps shared an ancestor around 6 million years ago but the HAR1 defies mutation rate from chimp to humans. Some people believe it was mutated by outside hands. ie aliens.

This post was edited by Fondler on Apr 14 2011 10:12pm

Rapid evolution is observed. There are two possible courses of actions that can be taken:
1) Use the scientific method to figure out how it happened.
2) Jump to a supernatural conclusion because that's easier than simply saying, "We don't know yet."

I wonder which is the correct course of action... I mean that gene was only discovered in 2006. You can't expect immediate answers to complex questions.