questions for evolutionists?

Question

I don't believe in evolution. I just want to hear your answers.

Why are there still monkeys in the zoos? Is there some group of monkeys who did not evolve at all??

How did the earth get into perfect orbit around the sun?

How was the ozone layer that protects the earths inhabitants from dangerous rays created?

Evolution is about survival of the fittest. Where did these "fittest" come from?

Answer 1

Really! If evolution is considered survival of the fittest than really there should be no apes. Because if humans were the fittest all should have evolved that way because apes were not the fittest and the others would have died out, right? If they didn't die out then they were the fittest and should not have evolved and we would not exist. If Saber Tooth Cats died out because they had non retractable claws because retractable claws were better, than why do dogs, bears, and other animals that have non retractable claws exist, should all animals have retactable claws then? If man became top of the ladder in the food chain because he could invent weapons to hunt animals for food, then why didn't other animals develope better brains to get off our food list then and learn to make weapons like us to fight back? I mean if that's how survival of the fittest works, they should have developed better thinking abilities by now don't you think? Two butterflies look similar, the Viceroy and the Monarch, one taste bad to birds and they don't like them, the other tastes good to birds, so they say it evolved to look similar to the other to avoid getting eaten, why didn't it just evolve the same bad taste, I mean, if it could evolve nearly the same look why not the same taste, right? If plants evolved a nasty acidic liquid in itself to avoid getting eaten by insects, thaen why didn't insects evolve a taste to the fluid, what! They just gave up? Has evolution stopped all of a sudden, we haven't seen any new developements in any creatures since recorded history, I mean at the rate evolution must have happened to create the mutimillions of known creatures on our planet from a single cell, we should be seeing something right? But alas, not a thing, only more things going extinct that should have evolved to stay alive, you know, like a flying DoDo Bird, How come when a creature is placed into another environment other than it's own, it displaces the ones already there and they die out, why don't the originals evolve to a better species to survive, isn't that what you claim happens, but again, not a thing. Check out www.living-fossils.com

Answer 2

It is very sad that you have reached the age where you can type and use a computer and enjoy all the benefits of science (transportation, medicine, communications)... yet you fail to understand even the most basic concepts of what that science teaches us about who and what we are. Evolution is not something you "believe" in. It is not a religion. It's just how things work. You either understand it, or you don't understand it.

Evolution says that life (call it God if you want) creates diversity. Some of that diversity is beneficial to more life. (For example, a cat that runs faster is going to catch more rats and have more babies.) Some diversity is not helpful (A 3 legged cat may be caught by a bigger animal soon, and have no babies) Over time, many small changes can lead to new species.

To answer your specific questions: Why are there monkeys in zoos? Well... the monkeys don't just start being humans and stop being monkeys. Your concept of evolution is wrong. At some point, an ape was born who found it helpful to walk upright. Walking upright was probably beneficial to living in a new environment or adapting to a changing one. This ape had children and some of them walked upright. Over time, because walking upright was an advantage, soon there was a group of apes who walked upright.

However, apes in other environments probably saw little benefit from walking upright. Hence what was one species of ape diverged into several. We've got chimps and gorillas and man. All very similar, but each suited for a particular environment.

How did the earth get into perfect orbit around the sun? This is not really a question about evolution. However, consider that there are 7 other planets (sorry Pluto) and given their spacing from each other, it's not unlikely that at least one of the planets in our solar system would be at a pleasant distance from the sun. And since there may be an almost infinite number of suns with planets, the fact that one sun has one planet that is well suited towards the life that arose on it... is hardly surprising. Also, consider that at some point in the distant future, the Earth will be engulfed by the Sun, as it expands to become a red giant. At this point, our orbit will not seem so perfect.

Where did the ozone layer come from? I suppose you're going to say God? Well, fine. God put it there. But ozone is also created by lightning in the atmosphere. So... hey... take your pick. It's there because of the laws of nature dictate it should be there.

As for how the first "fit" creature came to exist: Evolution is about so much more than the survival of the fittest. But your question seems to ask... how did the first life arise? Maybe there was a "God moment" and some invisible hand started the ball rolling. That concept is not entirely incompatible with evolution. However, also consider the fact that the Miller/Urey experiments showed that just the basic elements of the early earth atmosphere are sufficient to create (absent god or anything else) highly complex organic molecules, not entirely dissimilar to DNA. If you can do this in a laboratory over a month, imagine what could be done in a few billion years, on a scale as vast as the earth.

The world is a far more interesting place for people who walk about it with their eyes open. Please take some time to question why it is that you believe the things that you do.

Answer 3

If we take your fairly elementary questions and call them 1 to 4:

1) The simple answer is yes. Nothing evolves if it is compatible with its environment in the form it is. If the environment changes, those unable to adapt to the changes will die.

2) Newton's laws of gravity. You forget that in the fomation of the solar system there may have been lots of big rocks circling the sun that didn't stay in a gravitational orbit. They got flung out into space and probably crashed into another planet or the Sun. Having only eight planets left in orbit from all that junk at the start of the solar system represents quite a tiny proportion.

3) Ozone is a product of oxygen and ultra-violet radiation. It doesn't know that it protects life on Earth from anything, it's just the result of a chemical reaction. If it DIDN'T reduce solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface, life would simply not have evolved (or it may have evolved differently), and we wouldn't be here to ask these questions. At ground level, ozone is very toxic.

4) They were left over when the "unfit" died because they were not adapted to the environment. The word is slightly problematic because it has a different meaning from the time it was coined over 140 years ago. Then, it meant "best adapted" - the definition of being particularly healthy or strong did not exist until much later. So the survival of the fittest means, the survival of those best suited to their environment. We still use the phrase "fit for the purpose" today.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Why are there still monkeys in the zoos?
we put them there

Is there some group of monkeys who did not evolve at all??
well, they evolved in a different direction

How did the earth get into perfect orbit around the sun?
there are billions upon billions of stars in the universe, chances are some would have planets orbiting them

How was the ozone layer that protects the earths inhabitants from dangerous rays created?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_layer
look in the origin of ozone section

Evolution is about survival of the fittest. Where did these "fittest" come from?
they are mutations

Answer 5

Why are there still monkeys in the zoos? Is there some group of monkeys who did not evolve at all?? You'll notice there are many different sprcies of monkey.

How did the earth get into perfect orbit around the sun? Look at the vastness of the universe. THere are probably 1000's of planets with eEarth like conditions.

How was the ozone layer that protects the earths inhabitants from dangerous rays created? natural process

Evolution is about survival of the fittest. Where did these "fittest" come from? Mars

Answer 6

I don't know if you are pretending to be ignorant or if you actually are attacking ideas that you have not researched for more than twenty seconds.
Monkeys are still in the zoo because humans have a niche seperate from that of monkies. Basically, some evolved and some didn't evolve as much. However, they were still capable of surviving.
Earth's orbit isn't perfectly circular. It's simply centripetal force. Think of it like swing a string around with a ball at the end. The ball goes into a round orbit perfectly. The tension of the string is like the sun's gravity and the ball is the Earth's velocity.
The ozone layer was formed because of chemical reactions in an environment different from our planet today.
Fittest is a relative term. Strong humans are fitter than weak humans, but strong, intelligent humans are fitter than just strong ones.

Answer 7

This is a question best put to the Biology category. I'm glad you're asking questions because you seem to have a misunderstanding about the Theory of Evolution.

Humans did not evolve from monkeys, but from a common ancestor with monkeys. To truly understand the way natural selection and population genetics work, you probably have to take a college course.

The orbit around the sun is just a combination of luck and opportunity. There are many other planets in our solar system that are not condusive to life.

The ozone layer was probably a product of plant respiration. Plant wastes through respiration is oxygen, and it built up in the atmosphere. And it easily converts to a free radical (this mechanism from O2 to O3 (ozone) is better understood in a chemistry class).

People misunderstand the survival of the fittest. It doesn't mean "might means right". It means that the fittest for a certain environmental niche will have a better chance of procreating.

Answer 8

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Homo sapiens sapiens evolved from homonids, not monkeys.
The earth got into orbit through a combination of inertia and gravity. It isn't a perfect circle, more of an elipse thinger.
The fittest came from the unfit, of course. That's why they evolved, to become the fittest.

I personally believe in science and the Bible, and study both to find connections. Most would say this is impractical, but I say it's worth a shot. I believe strongly in both. Study a little more before posting questions if you want to be taken more seriously, and I hope you find the answers you want.

Answer 9

On the monkeys - they still exist for the same reason your parents didn't spontaneously combust the moment you were born.

Question 2 has nothing to do with the process of biological evolution. Nor Question 3. Abiogenesis, maybe, but that's a different concept.

The fittest came about because they were better than their peers at surviving and breeding. Maybe only by a little; after all, you don't have to be able to run faster than a predator, just faster than your buddy.

Answer 10

I don't think you should go to school because you are dim.

The earth is not in a perfect orbit. It is elliptical. It is also caused by the gravitational pull of the sun and the counteracting effect of the earth's gravity (a term that might be too much for you to comprehend).

Humans, monkeys and apes came from a common ancestor. That is why we are all primates. A section of our ancestors came down from the trees and started moving across the plains and savannahs in search of food. They had to adapt to the circumstances and conditions and these evolved to be humans while the ones that stayed back became apes and monkeys.

The fittest are the ones who adapted to the circumstances and conditions that existed.