Did we evolve from chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans? Is it possible that red and orange haired people evolved from orangutans?
2006-08-19 20:52:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey I don't mind if I did.
2006-08-19 21:00:35 · update #1
I personally think that redheads are angels sent to Earth by god to spread the word of carnal desire.
2006-08-19 20:59:40 · answer #1 · answered by hott.dawg™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a gene that came about sometime in the last 100,000 years. Nothing to do with our common ancestors to the other apes.
Researchers have found that one of the first things that starts happening when an animal is domesticated is hair color is no longer selected of and different colors and patterns start cropping up from recessive genes and mutations. For example when foxes started being kept (for fur and such) and the red coat not necessarily being selected for a lot of colors and patterns started showing up. You don't see this in wild foxes. Domestic cats and dogs show this - their wild ancestors has pretty much a standard coat pattern.
2006-08-20 10:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the pleasure of growing up in the company of three redheaded women, and the misfortune of having never dated any of them. Common ancestor, not evolved from monkeys.
2006-08-20 04:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is theorized that the Ginger Gene, responsible for fair, freckled skin and red hair, has been in our gene pool for 100,000 years, and was introduced via a cross breeding between the Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons.
2006-08-20 04:17:42 · answer #4 · answered by aethermanas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Humans shared a common ancestor with all the species you listed; they didn't evolve from them!
2006-08-20 04:06:43 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain once said that God made man because He was disappointed with the ape. So an atheist, a famous one at that, has also helped make our point against evolution.
Even though Sam Clemens always showed contempt for church and Christians, I still like him. I do hope he's not burning.
2006-08-20 04:04:48 · answer #6 · answered by Augustine 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, it's not possible they did but its' highly likely you did.
2006-08-20 03:58:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-20 04:06:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋