Assuming that evelution of man is true, where did man's intellect come from?

Question

And why don't lower animals such as apes have intellects? (Why don't animals have the ability to reason the way that humans do?)

Answer 1

That is the whole problem with your question, there has never been any scientific proof of evolution. We are all from God.

Answer 2

First of all, many "lower" animals as you so naively put it, such as apes and dolphins, DO have intellects, they are just different and geared more toward their own environments and surroundings. dolphins have a very intelligent communication system for example. Man developed intellect becasue only the smartest of them survived the end of the last ice age. It was natural selection. The cavemen that made fire and used tools lived, the ones that were too stupid didnt. At least thats my theory...I just thought of it, pretty smart eh?

Answer 3

Intellect came from language (both written and spoken), and the ability to pass knowledge from one person to another. Other animals do not possess this because they did not evolve the same way we did. Many do have the ability to reason, though. Hell, even rats can learn to push the right button to get food.

Answer 4

I believe in evolution- and science, as well. I am a Christian, too. I think that although God is a genius, and has made things to appear as such to certain parties, we did not come from apes. There certainly are similarities. In fact, man is more closely related to chimps than rats are to mice.

However, God made man. Even if we did evolve from apes, it was God's plan.

But I think that God made man as we is. : )

Answer 5

You are incorrect in thinking that the so-called lower animals lack intellect. Many of them have language, many use rudimentary tools.

You should study some biology texts. The world is really very interesting.

Answer 6

Apes are very intelligent, believe it or not. Animals aren't as smart as humans because the intelligence of the brain in an animal doesn't have the ability to think like us. Apes are closest to our being, from the process of evolution, therefore they are very close intelligence wise.

Answer 7

Faith Is Needed
Since it is not possible to scientifically demonstrate either evolution or special creation, faith is required to accept either teaching. But faith in the right thing is not wrong. The Bible says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6). "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1). A British wit once described "evil lution" as "the substance of links hoped for, the evidence of fossils not seen." How right he was!
Broadly speaking, people fall into one of three categories:
Creationists: Those who believe that a supernatural Being (God) made the universe as recorded in Genesis chapter one. The Church of God International, along with millions of Bible-believing Christians and Jews, falls into this category.
Evolutionists: Those who believe that the universe came into existence billions of years ago and that life on earth evolved of its own accord by some inexplicable power. One does not have far to look to find many who hold this view.
Theistic Evolutionists: The theistic evolutionists attempt to integrate the two doctrines. However, the doctrines of creation and evolution are so strongly divergent that reconciliation is totally impossible. Theistic evolutionists believe that God was involved in the creation, but that He took thousands-perhaps millions or billions (do we hear "trillions"?)-of years to do so. Although many hold this view today, such syncretism reduces the message of the Bible to insignificance. The conclusion is inevitable: There is no biblical support for theistic evolution.
Does It Really Matter What One Believes Concerning the Origin of the Universe?
It matters a great deal what we believe concerning the origins of the universe and of life itself because if the universe and life on earth evolved over billions of years, then:
The Genesis account of creation and the hundreds of Bible verses that refer to the creation are pure fiction. In other words the so-called Holy Bible is, itself, riddled with the very thing it strictly forbids: lies, suppositions, and superstitions.
Virtually all the Old and New Testament writers were deluded-because they all believed in the creation. This would include all the prophets of old, all the apostles, and even Jesus Christ Himself.
If life on earth evolved of its own accord, it would mean that man is not accountable for his actions to a supernatural Being, and that we could make or break so-called "moral laws" with impunity. After all, "if there is no God, there cannot be a Judgment Day. So why bother about moral behavior: let us eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die."
In the final analysis, if evolution is true and the Bible is false, there would be no sin, since there would be no God, no Lawmaker, and no laws to break. It follows that, if there were no laws to break-and the Bible defines sin as "the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4)-there would be no sin. If there is no sin, we would not need a Savior to redeem us from the penalty of breaking those laws (Romans 6:23) and Christ would have died in vain. In short, evolution is a complete denial of everything the Bible stands for.
These are the inevitable conclusions that will flow in the wake of a society that rejects the basic teaching that God created the universe. The matter of origins is very important because society's behavior and destination depend upon it. In his book, Evolution or Creation? (page 2), Henry M. Morris, Ph.D., confirms this point. He writes:
"Each person needs, more than anything, a sense of his own identity and personal goals, and this is impossible without some sense of his origin. What a person comes to believe about his origin will inevitably condition what he believes about his destiny."
Lenin is quoted as saying that religion is the opiate of the people, but the truth is that evolution is the opiate of the atheist!

Answer 8

Our intellect has not changed either way only the technology.
We still war
We still dream of space
And we still follow a leader who isn't any better today then 5,000 years ago
dolphins have speech ,apes have social skills,
Ya know what I think we are the lower animal you speak of.

Answer 9

At the present time, it has been identified that we only use a portion of our gray matter and intellect. Like the physical body, this is another part of evolution over time.

Answer 10

I don't believe in evolution. Our intellects come from the fact that wee were created as higher functioning beings.

Answer 11

You are confused.

Animals have intellect and emotions. It originates in the brain for all animals.