[y4m4]

if you think Proteins are your common ancestor Yes, btw you don't have to know me to know 'what is correct' :-)

[jmmcd]

I think we have common ancestors with whales a lot more recently than proteins. It doesn't matter: we have common ancestors with them, therefore we've been evolving the same length of time.

> btw you don't have to know me

This is the internet, where no-one knows if you're a non-DNA based lifeform -- as your first comment seemed to suggest.