In evolution, if there are apes and there are men, why are there not "interim" stage creatures?

Answer 1

Who told you there werent?
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Orrorin tugenensis
Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopithecus anamensis
Australopithecus afarensis
Kenyanthropus platyops
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus garhi
Australopithecus aethiopicus
Australopithecus robustus
Australopithecus boisei
Homo habilis
Homo georgicus
Homo erectus
Homo ergaster
Homo antecessor
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo floresiensis
Homo sapiens sapiens
These are all hominids and man is a hominid! Henceforth men are members of the ape family
note homo erectus, this is when it is thought that apes started walking on two feet....
Homo neanderthalensis is the ape thought to have started using primitve weapons to kill his quarry or game.

Answer 2

apes and humans have both resulted from one ancestor and are the result of evolution along two different lines. we haven't descended from modern apes and tht is y we c both of dem 2day. all species 2day are the result of sum sort of evolution except ofcourse the coackroach tht dusn't seem to have evolved after a certain time. there are alot of interims in this course but very few exist nemore. sum1 has gone thru the trouble to mention all of those.

Answer 3

There Are.

Humans havn't always looked like they did today. Ever heard of cavemen? They existed, had smaller brains, longer skulls, hunched over more, and in general could be more "ape-ish" than us. Also, Humans and Chimps share 98% of their genetic code. Not really much need for an interim, as we are about as close as it gets.

Answer 4

Survival of the fittest. The interim stage creatures have died out. The chimp is as close as it gets.

Answer 5

Why are you saying there are none: current humanity shows us the full gradient: there are massively emotional people who react based on instinct, like chimpanzees, and there are others who use their outer cortex only, and calmly evaluate situations. What evolution represents is not so much change in skeletal or muscular structure, but the transition to "sapiens" (the wise).Clearly, there is extreme behavioral variance within our species regarding our behavioral distance from apes.


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Answer 6

If you have ever studied any kind of evolutionary subjects, this exact question is one that baffles everyone, this is called, for now, the missing link. Man has been on the earth for thousands of years, and we have only been delving into biological sciences real hard for 200 or some odd years, so I have faith that eventually the link will be made. and if someone else has an aswer to this, they are lying to you, or they don't know what they are talking about.

Answer 7

There sure are "interim stage creatures." What do you think the Leakeys have been digging up in Africa all these years?

Answer 8

for new species to occurr the change has to be at egg level . It is the egg that contains the body plan. Now variants can occur to species due to environmental influences or mutations. Something very drastic must happen to cause a mutation that would trigger a new species.. Whatever caused the change it was very sudden

Answer 9

There is--at least one. The creature has been given the tongue-twister name of ardipithecus ramidus kadabba. See the whole story at this website ==> http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101010723/cover.html

Answer 10

There are, depending how far back you're willing to go....there are the caveman (extinct of course) and in the remote island's and even some countries such as Indonesia and Africa.