Are human just an accidental mutation of chimpanzees ?

Answer 1

No, the accidental mutation would have occurred in the chimpanzee-like ape that was the common ancestor of man and modern chimpanzees.

One of these chimpanzee-like apes, through mutation, or through simple expression of genetic variation that already existed in the population at the time developed what is known as accelerated hypermorphosis. Basically, this means that in that ape, her sexual maturity developed more rapidly than the rest of her body, bringing juvenile traits (i.e. upright stance, and possibly behavioural traits such as curiosity and playfulness) into the adult stage. This trait either produced an advantage to the ape, or did not provide an impediment to reproduction, and was passed on to the ape's offspring. Selection of these traits led to the Australopithecines, the first recognized hominids.

From there, there were numerous traits that developed and were selected for (and against) throughout the lineage, leading to later species of Australopithecines, early species of Homo, and eventually to Homo sapiens and eventually Homo sapiens sapiens.

So that development of accelerated hypermorphosis in one group of chimpanzee-like apes started the process that eventually led to humans, but it wasn't just a single development. There were many, many random, selected changes throughout the last six to eight million years that led from the chimpanzee-like apes to modern humans.

Answer 2

No, the accidental mutation that led to the rise of homonids occured millions of years before the chimpanzee evolved.

Answer 3

It depends on what you mean by accidental. First of all, we did not evolve from chimps, but rather we and chimps evolved from a common ancestor that was more chimp-like than human-like. And of course all mutations are accidental, but most are detrimental and are weeded out of the gene pool very pronto by natural selection. Only a few "accidental" mutations graduate to being a major part of our genetic makeup, placed in that privileged spot by natural selection, and over time this slow accumulation of a better and better library of better and better genes resulted in the human species. I hope this makes it more clear.

Answer 4

No, both humans and chimpanzees are the result of millions of years of breeding and mutation of the many animals that came before us.

Answer 5

NO! Humans are not an accidental mutation of chimpanzees. If this was the case, today, we'll be able to produce the same "accidental" results from these breed of monkeys or others. However, we can't!

Answer 6

no sorry its just a myth that Darwin made popular. g-d created animals differently ... sorry adam and eve were not monkeys of any sort. u my dear were never a monkey or chimp.