If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Answer 1

Not all people evolved, as can be seen by some of the questions and answers here.

(Did you really want a sensible answer or would a banana do?)

Answer 2

Humans did not evolve from modern apes. Modern apes and modern humans share a common ancestor several million years back.

In some ways, this is like asking if domesticated dogs are descended from wolves, why are there still wolves.

Answer 3

If birds are evolved from reptiles, why are there still reptiles?

Actually, according to Scientific chuva, Man did NOT evolve from apes. They just share a common ancestor. The two groups were separated by millions of years of evolution, that's why men turn out to be men and apes turned to, well, apes.
Hope I've been helpful. (^_^)

Answer 4

This is a common misconception about evolution. It is not that we came from apes, but that apes and humans might have a common ancestor somewhere down the line. The same goes with the Neandertals; they are obviously a different breed, but they're still human because they're close to our closest ancestors, and it's possible that there was crossbreeding.

Answer 5

We did not evolve from apes. We share a common ancestor with apes.

Answer 6

I think peope evolve from people and apes from apes. I do believe that over time living things become different to improve chances of survival but you can only ever get fish from fish and elephants from elephants unless you have some devine intervention or modern science of course.

Answer 7

because when an animal evolves, it does so completely independently. the entire race doesn't evolve all at once. think about it, ya prune.... :-)

this is why we have many different breeds of dog, for one thing --- and dog breeding itself is a very good example of genetics and a little bit of evolution in action. starting from the common grey wolf, our hairy companions have developed, and been out-bred to the extreme, into a very wide variety of animals. but as they have evolved and changed, we haven't ended up with all dogs and wolves looking the same as each other

in fact we could say evolution is the opposite of what you seem to be thinking - instead of bringing all animals evenly towards some kind of ultimate goal (thinking that this = humans, by the way, is a narrow worldview in itself), it creates massive diversity by it's very nature. Which is why we have bonobos (allegedly even closer to us than chimps), chimpanzees, gorillas, homo sapiens, orang-utans, baboons, common monkeys, barbary apes, aye-ayes.... etc etc etc.... rather than one type of ape.

Answer 8

That's a mighty fine theory but i beg to differ. If you think you evolved from apes, well i wish you all the best. Take a good look at yourself at the mirror and perhaps you might think differently.

Answer 9

One last time we,humans and apes, came from a common ancestor. That is why we are both here now. Tell who ever told you we came from apes they need to go back and learn what is ture and not something made up to make easyer for dumb people to understand

Answer 10

the apes now days are the apes who never evolved, which means they had no brain to start off wid

Answer 11

The original apes branched out into several species, including what eventuslly became human. It's kind of like how different species of bees, etc. were developed.