do you think we all came from monkeys?

Question

Many people have the misconception that evolution states that we evolved from monkeys,but the theory of evolution does not state this,some people believe we didnt come from monkeys but they think we came from an ancestor of monkeys,while others say god put us on this earth,or we just have a common ancestory,what do you think?

Answer 1

I believe in the Creation as stated in the Bible. Mathematically, the odds of one animal evolving into another animal is about 6 trillion to one, so if you apply that to ALL animals having a 6 trillion to one chance of evolving into something else, it boggles the mind as to how high the odds are against it. For example, there is a fish that has 4 eyes. Two look up to watch out for birds coming to eat it, and 2 eyes look downward looking for food. If the eyes had to evolve, it would have been eaten before the eyes had completely evolved. Another example is a wood pecker. If the neck had to evolve in order to take the tremendous forces used in pecking holes in trees, it would have died of a broken neck. A further example is that if you had a box full of watch parts and you shook it up, and then you opened the box, would you ever find a working watch there? If the box were filled with letters of the alphabet, and you shook it up for 1000's of years, would you ever get a poem or a book?

So, I believe in the Creation rather than the evolution theory.
The book listed below as my source has the words of many famous scientists who, although being scientists, could not believe Evolutionary Theory because scientific facts don't support it. Famous scientists in the field such as John Wickramasinghe and many others plus my faith in the Bible has shown me why I don't believe in Evolution.

Answer 2

Actually modern evolutionary theory states that we did evolve form monkeys.

The term “monkey” is polyphyletic. That is, it incorporates two distinct groups while excluding a third equally related group. Old world and new world monkeys diverged BEFORE the first apes evolved, yet they are both termed monkeys. What that means is that the ancestor of all apes, including humans, was a monkey.

Humans have not evolved form any living monkey species, but we certainly did evolve form an organism that was cladistically a monkey. If we were to discover the last common ancestor of all apes we would classify it as a monkey. As such humans most definitely have evolved from monkeys.

Whatever made you believe that we did not?

Answer 3

No we came from apes witch are related to monkeys but are larger, smarter, and tailess. Many people may not think we came from apes, but the evidence supporting human evolution is very conclusive. There are many species that came millions of years before the first human (the australopithicines for example) They are rather ape-like at first but gradually their brains grew larger, they moved out of the trees, and they started walking upright. Also when a creature evolves into something else the original either becomes completely extinct or extinct in a certain area, so the fact that none of the aforementioned animals are still around supports evolution. Granted though there are still apes, but modern apes and humans evolved from a common, modern ape-like ancestor. So to deny human evlotion or evolution in general is to deny your own history.

Answer 4

be realistic... if you follow the Darwinism and our existane is based on our adaptation from "monkeys". Then one would have to conclude one of two possabilities. 1) The evolution has taken place and existing Monkeys would also show some form of adaptation over the millions of years thus concluding macro evolution exists. 2) or Humans geneticaly are near perfect match of Monkeys. Since we have not been able to find a Human with genetics close to that of a Monkey, but instead of a disatant Human, the conclusion must relate us back to a more realistics idiology,,, Macro evolution does not exist.

Answer 5

What happened is that primates became separated and different groups of primates evolved differently and the differences between them were passed along through generations. Basically when one thinks of monkeys he or she invisions a chimp in the zoo or something of the life, when humans did not evolve from those specific primates. Humans evolved based on natural selection and specialization.

Answer 6

I think we all came from a common ancestor, but I kinda doubt it was a monkey. Maybe some old weird monkey-ish thing, but not like the monkeys we know today.

Answer 7

i think because of my religion that adam and eve where put here on the earth but not as a perfected human like a person that is mostly apeish with apeish behavor and not like they have in the pictures. but some people think that we started out as cells and organisms soon evolved into animals to apes and the stages of evolution toke place to make us soon i would guess the next stage in evolution would be mutants(not like in X-Men)

Answer 8

Could be. There sure are a lot of people running around who not only act like monkeys but look like them too.

Answer 9

I do not believe thta at all because history shows that every species that has evolved from another kills off the previous species out of a feeling of threat, look it up you will find that is true, try looking at the bible that is the only thing that makes any sense, in my opinion.

Answer 10

Who knows what God started with when he decided to make man. Why not monkeys ?It would be a lot easier than trying to make a man out of a Giraffe.