If plants and animals evolved from other organisms, why can't we see this happening in the present?

Question

What stopped that evolution cycle that was responsible of our origin? You may said things still evolved but not that dramatically.

You may say*

Many years have passed and practically all of the animals have stayed the same.

Reaper eat **** and die. You are a disgrace to the world.

Answer 1

What, this happens over millions of years very gradually. There is still molecules forming together to create amino acids and protein in almost everyplace on Earth. All you need do is get a microscope to see this. Study up on science a bit more if you have question, and buy your self a micro scope and see for yourself, I have. Run some experiments of your own if you don't believe it. I know it's a lot of work, but it's fun, and you will be amazed at what you find, I promise.

Answer 2

A few weeks ago there was a story about finches on the Galapagos Islands exhibiting evolutionary changes within the last hundred years. Various bacteria are evolving to be resistant to the antibiotics we've created to kill them, and fight disease.

Evolution is still occuring, but the grand scale evolutionary changes take hundreds of thousands of years to be witnessed.

There was a news story released today, where scientists believe they've identified the key gene that helped the brain evolve from out primitive ancestors. http://www.comcast.net/news/science/index.jsp?cat=SCIENCE&fn=/2006/08/16/456870.html

Answer 3

Unlike a revolution which is a quick and explosive process, evolution is a v-e-r-y slow process. It happens in every generation in the life cycle. It occurs at a pace slower than watching a flower bud growing bigger and finally unfurling each petal.
Humans are evolving to be taller, with bigger brains and less hairy, for instance.

Answer 4

It has taken millions of years and it would take millions more. With humans, though, we are finding scientific ways around our genetic shortcomings, so the less desirable traits are not being weeded out naturally as they used to be. We're actually handicapping ourselves and inhibiting evolution with medicine.

However, you can see bacteria evolving right now. With all our antibacterials, we are creating super germs and, thus, have to create more and more antibacterials. They only kill some of the bacteria - a few survive, those reproduce and pass on whatever made them less susceptible to the antibacterial. Those new bacteria reproduce even more and eventually they are immune.

Answer 5

It is. If you look at movies from the fifties (not exactly present time, but very recent) all the have a similar structure and appearance (not in clothing, but their body type and stuff) and they all sound exactly the same voice-wise within their genders. You know, all the women sound the same and all the men sound the same. Not just the fifties, higher too. We don't notice this about our generation, but it's the same situation. Don't believe me? Watch an old movie from the fifties, sixties, seventies, etc. Evolution doesn't stop; it's infinite.

Answer 6

Actually we can see it happening in the present. It takes hundreds or even thousands of generations for a noticable evolution to occur, so it's difficult with, say, humans. But with bacteria...it's another story. Many experiments have been done to show evolution in action.

Answer 7

One major problem with the evolution theory is that they keep adding time to it so that it seems possible. In all honesty there is more evidence stating that the earth is less than 10,000 years old. Which would show evolution is impossible!

The age of the earth/universe can be shown as "young" due to ...

Star clusters, large stars, high-energy stars, binary stars, the hydrogen in the universe,solar collapse, solar neutrino's, comets, comet water, solar wind and on and on I could break down the reasons if someone really wanted to know along with another couple dozen reasons with explanations.

So first things first we need to address the age of the earth/universe and then if it showed (which it doesn't) millions of years then we could address evolution but until then it is a waste of time.

Answer 8

The answer, as it has always been, is evolution of plants and animals...including humans, is false. Creation is true but so painfully hard for a majority of humans to accept and believe. Man wants to be in charge so it is hard for Man to accept someone higher and more capable than he. Thus, evolution was born - stopping, of course, with Man on top.

Further, since Man cannot actually prove any actual evolution of a plant or an animal, he is looking for ways to recreate, and thus, be as the god he sees himself as being. Man has cross-mutated plants with success and has attempted the same with animals - with limited sucess. Now, he thinks, why not recreate himself and prove himself to be god? Thus, stem cell research.

And the beat goes on...

Answer 9

We can see it happening. Bacteria evolve all the time to become resistant to the drugs we throw at them. Larger, more complex organisms just take a really long time to show noticeable changes.

Answer 10

Nothing has stopped. Even we are still evolving. But it takes a while. What this does show is a gross misunderstanding of evolution.