Top Ten Reasons I'm Glad We Evolved

10. Having the ability to laugh.
9. Braised lamb shanks on a pile of mashed potatoes. Try cooking that without opposable thumbs.
9. All five senses in good working order (feeling very grateful today).
8. No longer having to live in swampy puddles of water with a bunch of other blobs of primal sludge like me, swimming around in our own poop.
7. One word: music
6. Okay, okay, I'll admit it: Pointing at amoeba and laughing at them.
5. Take the oil between your hands and warm it. Oops, sorry, wrong list.
4. Shakespeare
3. Playing both in AND out of water.
2. Arguing with creationists about just how we came about.
and...
1. If we were just primitive life forms, we wouldn't have the differences in each other to enjoy. And if everyone were the same, who could fall in love?