Why don' apes nowadays become man? According to darwin's theory, apes got modified into man
2006-09-12 06:43:30 · 7 answers · asked by danu 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
What many people don't understand about Darwin's theories, is a lot, actually.
In this case, what you are referring to is Speciation. This is an APPLICATION of Darwin's theories, not Darwin's Theory itself. This is a VERY important distinction if you wish to contribute, intelligibly, to the ongoing debate about evolution. Darwin's Theories do not claim specific paths of evolution, nor does it claim to describe the origin of all life.
Speciation is the theory that, over time, one species will develop and evolve so differently that they can no longer reproduce.
In your example, you are wondering why all apes don't become humans. As stated earlier, Humans and Apes MAY have a common ancestor, as the theory goes, but this certainly doesn't mean that the modern day Ape IS the ancestor of the modern day man.
The current theories of speciation do not imply that a certain species will evolve into another species, over time. Far from the truth. Most deviations from the parent species are random occurrences and mutations. While you can attempt to trace one species BACKWARDS to find an ancestor, this certainly doesn't claim that THAT ANCESTOR will ALWAYS evolve into the daughter species.
2006-09-12 07:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by Matt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution does not say that all apes have inborn potential to become humans.
Rather, humans are one group of primates that acquired their characteristics through natural selection, while other apes acquired their characteristics. Current apes HAVE evolved while humans have evolved, but they haven't evolved in EXACTLY the same way as humans. Too unlikely, plus they'd be in competition with humans, then. They've evolved to environments not heavily populated by humans.
2006-09-12 08:47:32 · answer #2 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apes are continuing to evolve, but we don't know what the ape of the future will look like. Humans are continuing to evolve too; we don't know into what.
2006-09-12 08:43:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do you argue points you clearly don't understand. Comming from a common ancestor is not the same as "coming from the apes"
2006-09-12 06:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by Franklin 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Good question.It would appear that by now we would have some apes that were at least half way human wouldn't it ? Their not even walking up right . Wasn't that the first sign that they were evolving ? Thanks for sharing and the 2 points.
2006-09-12 06:53:07 · answer #5 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO!! Nowhere in Darwin's theory is this suggested in any way. Only his detractors started that nonsense.
2006-09-12 06:46:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Why dont your grandparents become you?
2006-09-12 06:50:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋