If the only fault in the theory that humans evolved from apes is the so called missing link?

Question

Why did we have to evolve from apes? Why couldn't we evolved from something totally of the wall Let' say Humans

Answer 1

There is no fault in the Theory that humans evolved.
There is a massive amount of evidence: historical and medical that proves humans like all other life forms on this planet evolved.

The "missing link" issue is a red herring. There is no need to find a missing link, there are none nor need there be.
There is not a single specimen that is halfway between apes and humans. One reason is that humans did not evolve from apes. Apes and humans both evolved from a common ancestor millions of years ago. We are closely related. Humans and chimps have the over 98% of the same gentic code.

BTW a lot of folks think that a Theory is just a "idea" . That is not the meaning of Theory in science. For something to achieve the status of a theory it has to have proof,evidence,analysis to back it up. A hypothesis is somewhat closer to the common word idea. Then one tries to prove the hypothesis by gathering evidence,doing experiments... etc .

Then your claim is subjected to review by your peers: experts in the same field. If you can convince the majority of them [and they are mentality a tough bunch .... "I'm from Missouri ...the Show me state" ] then and only then does your hypothesis move to the status of a Theory. Now some Theories have more support than others because they have more data,evidence,...etc. But evolution per se is a much a matter of "fact" as that gravity exits [although we don't know everything about gravityby a long shot].

Not that all of Darwin explanations of HOW evolution worked were correct, but he was amazingly on the money for a lot of them. But he was "99 44/100%" correct in saying that all life forms evolved,

I say ""99 44/100%" because in science NOTHING is ever proven to be true at the 100% level . There is always the chance that some new data will be found or a better hypothesis will explain existing data. Same could be said for gravity,light,....electricity,... That is the beauty of science it is always open to new and better ideas,as long as they are truly better.

And no... Creation "theory" and "Intelligent Design" are not theories nor science. they are religion and do not deserve "equal time". Why because they aren't equal ,have no evidence ...

Would you give me equal time in a science class to teach if I said that the the Earth is flat.?


To answer the respondent who asked why humans are not evolving, the answer is that we are . But evolution is lengthy process taking millions of years, Humans have had civilization for less than 10,000 years . Too short a time to see visible evolution.
But we have evolved. Resistance to certain diseases are one example. Those who were naturally resistant lived to have children and passed those genes onto to their children. Those who weren't resistant died early had no children and their genes were never passed on . [But germs evolve too its a race for survival] But civilization has slowed down Darwinian evolution for humans. That's because civilization & technology allows humans to survive that would not have made it in the natural world.

See any tigers or lions with glasses? Nope those that have eye problems died , humans either took care of their "blind" or eventually invented glasses.

Evolution is as well established a fact as any I can think of, and beautiful in its diversity and its imprefections. Take any article or book by Stephen Gould former [deceased :-( }Professor of Paleotology at Harvard for emminently readable, amazing and amusing books on life,evolution... e.g The Panda's "Thumb"

Answer 2

We haven't continued to evolve because very few people die from diseases and stuff now. Everyone has kids. The whole idea of evolution comes from natural selection...only the strong reproduce. Nowadays, any shmuck with sub-par IQ can have kids, and any shmuck with weak knees can, too. In answer to the first question, we probably evolved from something else first, like a single-celled organism, but we have the most in common with apes genetically.

Answer 3

The the present understand of the descent of man (the title of Darwin's book,) is NOT that humans descend from apes, rather somewhere, far back in our evolutionary history, we shared a common ancestor. By about 3,000,000 years ago, our family - hominids- were a recognizably separate species. (here is a site that fully discusses the fossil evidence of human evolution
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/ ) Aside from the fossil evidence of human evolution (which takes place over 100,000 of years - it is taking place right now, we just have no idea of the end results,) there is considerable DNA evidence. It is estimated that human beings and chimpanzees share about 95% of their DNA. the roughly 6,000,000 years in which our species and chimpanzees have been separated has accounted for only a 5% change in basic DNA. Here is an article that talks about how small changes in DNA can lead to major differences between species ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5067906/ )
So there is no "theory" that says human descended from apes. The two species separated from a "common" ancestor millions of years ago and then developed in parallel. We (homo sapiens) "evolved" from other , older hominids (Australopithecus, Homo Habilis, Homo erectus, etc.)

Answer 4

We did no longer evolve from apes, we proportion a common ancestor. Evolution takes time. lots of time. people 50000 years in the past have been basically as we are in the present day, yet with out the accumulated community understanding that we've in the present day. no longer plenty, if something have replaced bodily. to be responsive to "whilst" evolution has replaced people into something else, you will ought to wager. It took approximately 25 million years for us to evolve into people. it ought to take yet another 25 million years before we've developed into something new. it could additionally take a strategies much less time, considering life situations pushes evolution often times. of direction somebody have thought approximately it. The question is previous as airborne dirt and mud and characteristic been recycled for generations via now.

Answer 5

There is no such theory. If your are referring to Darwinism then he maintained that humans and apes evolved from a COMMON ANCESTOR. This is quite a different proposition

Answer 6

Why is it everyone thinks we evolved from apes?!? We didn't--even Darwin didn't say that! We are related, but only in the sense that we came from a common ancestor. It's like saying you're descended from your twenty-fifth cousin fourteen times removed!

Answer 7

If we evolved from anything, apes or giant weeds, why haven't we continued to evolve?