About Evolution.....?

Question

Ok, IF we evolved from other primates, then why do we not currently see various stages of this evolution still walking among us today?

I just think that since we still have apes, and we obviously have humans, then why are the apes still not evolving? I just wonder why there is not more in between.

Does this even make sense?

PS. please respect this forum and only give helpful relevant answers. Thanks .

Answer 1

I saw this in a pamplet... and it was cute and so true! It's by Ray Comfort.

"Billions of years ago, a big bang produced a large rock. As the rock cooled, sweet brown liquid formed on it's surface. As time passed, aluminum formed itself into a can, a lid, and a tab. Millions of years later, red and white paint fell from the sky and formed itself into the words "Coca Cola... 12 fluid ounces."

Of course my theory is an insult to your intellect, because you know that if the Coca Cola can is made, there must be a maker. If it is designed, there must be a designer. The alternative, that it happened by chance or accident is to move from the intellectual free zone.



Here is another:

"The Banana: The Atheist Nightmare"

Note that the banana...

1. is shaped for the human hand.

2. has a non-slip surface.

3. Has outward indicators of it's inward contents. Green - too early, yellow - just right, black - too late.

4. Has a tab for removal of it's wrapper.

5. Is perforated on wrapper.

6. Has a bio-degradable wrapper.

7. Is shaped for the human mouth.

8. Has a point at the top for ease of entry.

9. Is pleasing to the taste buds.

10. Is curved towards the face to make the eating process easy.

To write that the banana happened by accident is even more unintelligent than to write that no one designed the Coca Cola can.

Test 1.

The person who thinks the Coca Cola can has no designer is:

A. Intelligent

B. A fool

C. Has an ulterior motive for denying the obvious

Now the document that I am referring from states that the eye has 40,000,000 nerve endings and focuses it's muscles approximately 100,000 times a day. and that the eye has a retina that contains approximately 137,000,000 light sensitive cells.

The document continues and states that Charles Darwin stated:

"To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree" Agreed... it does not have the reference recorded so I do not know if this statement is true or false. But let me get to the point at hand.

If man can not create the human eye then how can anyone in their right mind believe that it was created by chance? In fact... man can't create anything from nothing... we just do not know how to do it. We can re-create, reform, develop... but we can not create one grain of sand from nothing. Yet the human eye... is a mere tiny part of the most sophisticated part of creation - the human body.

Again... another statement which I would have to research and verify if this person actually made this comment:

"George Gallup; "If I could prove God statistically; take the human body alone; the chance that all the functions of the individual would just happen, is a statistical monstrosity."

Now this statement concerning Albert Einstein. This is confusing... why would this man contradict himself? If he stated this... then every other statement that has been quoted at this forum is invalid because the man appears to be speaking from both sides of his mouth. In this statement Einstein is quoted to have said:

"Everyone who is seriously interested in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe - a spirit vastly superior to man, and one in the face of our modest powers must feel humble."

Test 2:

1. Do you know any building that did not have a builder? Yes? No?

2. Do you know any painting that did not have a painter? Yes? No?

3. Do you know any car that did not have a maker? Yes? No?

If you answered "Yes" to any of those statements... please give details:______________________...



Third analogy:

Could I convince you that I dropped 50 oranges onto the ground and then by chance fell into ten rows of five oranges? Logically, anyone with an intelligent mind might conclude that someone put them there. The odds that ten oranges would fall into a straight line is mind boggling. Let alone ten rows of five.

Test 3

Yes or No 1. From the atom to the universe is there order?

Yes or No 2. Did it happen by accident or must there been an intelligent mind?

3. What are the odds of 50 oranges falling by chance into ten rows of five oranges? ______________________________...

To declare that there is no God is to make an absolute statement. And for an absolute statement to be true; one must have absolute knowledge. Here is another such statement: "There is no gold in China."

Test 4 What would I need to have for that statement to be true?

A. No knowledge of China?

B. Partial knowledge of China?

C. Absolute knowledge of China?

"C" is the correct answer. In order for the statement to be true, I must know that there is no gold in China.

Likewise; to state that there is no God and to be correct then you are stating that you are omniscient. You must have absolutely certain knowledge that there isn't one.

Let's say that a circle contains all the knowledge of the universe. And let's say that you have an incredible understanding of one percent of all that knowledge. Is it possible that the knowledge you haven't yet come across, that there might be ample evidence to prove that God does indeed exist?

If you are reasonable, you would have to admit, "Having the limited knowledge I have at present, I believe that there is no God." In other words, you don't know if God exists, so you are not an atheist. You are an "agnostic." You are like a person that looks at a building and doesn't seem to know if there is a builder.

Test 5 The man who sees a building and doesn't know if there is a builder is:

A. Intelligent

B. A fool

C. Has an ulterior motive

In summary: There are plenty of things that we have faith in that we do not fully understand. Most of us do not have a complete understanding that when you turned your computer on as to why it worked. You took a step of faith that turning it on... that somehow that it would work. You accept the unseen electrical waves that appear right in front of your eyes when you type your comments here. We do not see the reason for why the messages appear... because the powers that be are invisible to the naked eye. For them to be manifest, we need a monitor... so we can enjoy the experience of this forum.

God is not flesh and blood; He is an eternal Spirit. Immortal and invisible... like the computer waves. He can can not be experienced unless the monitor is turned on. One should approach the Bible in the same way as the monitor. If it works, enjoy it and if it doesn't, forget it.

Or do you have an ulterior motive? Could it be that the "atheist" can't find God... as a thief can't find the policeman? Could it be that your logic is clouding your good judgment?"

Answer 2

Actually, apes have been evolving. Take in account that not all evolution implies more intelligence, that is to say, an ape could evolve even sacrificing intelligence if that gives them some advantage for survival. The bonobo and chimpanzee are relative new species that are estimated to appear (as a speciation from another specie) around 500,000 years. The homo sapiens is estimated to appear around 250,000 years (from another ancestors). Current bonobos and humans aren't the same as 100,000 years ago, but we are still the same specie. If you expect to see evolution with your very own eyes, you won't be able to do so, even though, all humans, with no exceptions, have mutations. The sum of mutations through long time periods implies evolution.

The "in between" comment doesn't make sense since the common ancestor in the phylogenetic tree has split. Species can split into more species from certain point in time, usually through natural selection, a specie can't jump to a different branch once they have split, that is to say, a chimpanzee can't turn into a human because, even if we had a common ancestor, we are already in different branches. If a chimpanzee splits, it'll be into new species and not toward the homo sapiens specie, that's not possible according to the theory, a chimp can't turn into a bird either. To expect that an ape would start to turn into a human and that it should had happened in the recorded history of mankind is simply nonsense. If someone claim that should had happened, they certainly don't have a clue what evolution is all about.

Now humans, with globalization, multiculturalism and medical advances we would hardly have a relative fast evolution, since natural selection isn't doing it's work at all.

Answer 3

1) According to evolutionists, Humans evolved from apes? Humans are apes by definition. Linnaeus classified us as such and he was a creationist. 2) There are many proven facts in science, but evolution is just a theory. False due to a misunderstanding of the word theory. A fact, in science, is a discrete point of information. Theories connect facts and explain them. There is no higher classification than theory. 3) A transitional form is a fossil of an animal that is part one species and part another. False. All organisms are transitional. 4) The age of the earth is determined by scientists solely through the radioactive dating of fossils ? The age of the Earth was determined by dating a meteor on the assumption that the Solar System was all the same age. All other calculations fit the age found. 5) The scientific method begins with a prediction and then looks for evidence to support that prediction? It begins with observation. Then a hypothesis is formed from that observation. After the hypothesis is formed, scientists look for evidence to support or falsify the hypothesis. 6) The theory of evolution includes the Big Bang? False. 7) To believe in evolution is to believe that life and matter came from nothing? False.

Answer 4

Well, given the size of the earth and the variations in climate and environment between them all, we can see that the chances that primates evolved into us could have happened quite easily. In a climate that was suitable to apes (such as jungles, rain forests, etc. etc.) it was not feasible to evolve because they are so well suited for that environment already.

In a climate such as a desert or frost area, or somewhere that there is not an environment suiting their existence they would have evolved into us.

If you ask how could they have survived long enough to evolve into human's. Simple, the environment changed slowly as they changed. You don't think there was all rain forest one day and then the next day a desert do you? No... it gradually died off and their cells evolved into something more suitable for survival.

Answer 5

According to the theory, both man and apes evolved from a common ancestor. Think of a road that branches in two : one lead to apes and the other, to man. Therefore, evolutionists would tell you that you wouldn't find apes evolving into man today nor should you expect to find any LIVING transition forms. I can accept that so far. What I cannot accept is the fact that the fossil record showing these changes are MISSING, even after evolutionists have been looking for them for well over 100. years!!!

Answer 6

Neanderthal was walking around with us recently in geological time terms. Speciation is believed to happen mostly due to migration. If a group of pre-humans wandered off from everyone else and evolved into humans, there's no reason to expect the intermediates would also be found walking around. They would have been replaced by the more successful offspring within the same population. Within an interbreeding population, the entire population effectively evolves together.

Answer 7

well, what you see today is the end product. apes, humans, and monkeys are all the end product, so far, of evolution.
we used to have one common ancestor which doesn't exist anymore at all.
the only think that happened is that this ancestor moved to different places where there were different pressures and evolved differently because of those pressures. eventually the different individuals of this ancestor couldn't mate anymore, and became even more different. we do have some fossils of the in-between animals, who kinda look like us.

the most important thing to know about evolution is that its a guess, an educated guess backed up by evidence. it may not be true in its current form, it needs fine tuning. scientists are looking up sh!t as we speak to try to fill in the gaps.

Answer 8

Moonshimmer,

You are exactly right - if we came from monkeys then we should have documented cases where monkeys grew into human form and lived among us.

This is plain and simple common since - another question you can ask is this - when did life form? If the Big bang theory is correct then when did life just happen? Have you ever seen life being produced by mixing chemicals together?

Here again - common since - no life cannot come from non-living material. There had to e a creator:

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Answer 9

How do you know they didn't evolve? They fill a niche and have no need to evolve right now. If conditions change perhaps they will.

Your question also makes it sound like you are the greatest product of evolution. Perhaps apes are much happier than we are. If we take your theory of evolution as you understand it, everything would have evolved into humans.


There are a lot of things that do not make sense, we just try to figure them out.

And an atheist's worst nightmare is Ray Comfort on video stroking a Banana talking about easy entry. WTF was god thinking on the pina colada then? That's one inconvenient drink.

Answer 10

You have a mutation, and if it helpful and lets you better survive in the environment, that one takes over in that group. Now, monkeys are as suited as they get, till something better comes around, or the environment changes. They are still evolving. It takes thousands, maybe millions of years, and we have not been watching that long. Even if you want to see it happen in front of you, that does not mean it will. If you need to see it to make you feel good, look into bacteria, we have seen them evolve. They are much simpler, and work faster, to the point that they evolve in a short period of time.