As we know the present human being called homosapian is developed by the transformations in monkeys & apes, but still they are existing on earth. How it has become possible?
2006-09-16 01:29:21 · 12 answers · asked by Mandaar 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Evolutionary mutations often occur in isolated enclaves of plants and animals. The original "parent" stock often continues to exist in other areas. It would probably be more accurate to say that Homo Sapiens and Pan troglodytes (the Common Chimpanzee) have a common ancestor than to say one became the other.
A monkey is a member of either of two of the three groupings of simian primates. These three groupings are the New World monkeys, the Old World monkeys, and the apes. There are 264 known extant species of monkey. Because of their similarity to monkeys, apes such as chimpanzees and gibbons are often called monkeys in informal usage, though biologists don't consider them to be monkeys.
2006-09-16 02:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by peter_lobell 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is not linear. It is like a tree. The bottom of the tree is single celled organisms and all the species seen today are the tips of the branches. Both us and monkeys evolved differently from a common ancestor. The differences between us and monkeys are because we evolved in different environments.
2006-09-18 05:20:56 · answer #2 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason that human males still exist if Eve was made from Adam's rib. For the same reason that dirt of the earth still exists if Adam was made from it. You should try to have some original thoughts rather than mindlessly repeating some nonsense creationists concocted in feeble attempts to cast doubt upon Evolution. I forget the name of the one who first said what you repeat. Only small groups of a given species evolve into other species. The older species can still exist in the environment that prevails. Harsher conditions may cause the least fit to become extinct, of course.
2006-09-16 04:34:16 · answer #3 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. And why are fish not still crawling out of the sea and developing lungs? Evolution according to my dictionary is:-
The act of unrolling or unfolding gradual working out or development. a series of things unfolded. the doctrine according to which higher forms of life have gradually arisen out of lower.
I interpret this to mean the development within the same species NOT the change from one to another. So, based on that, we have always been humans and evolved our own species according to environmental pressures, just in the same way as monkeys have always been monkeys and fish have always been fish. Probably today's monkey is far more advanced than those that existed millions of years ago as they will have evolved too.
The big mistake always is that people assume that the so-called apes that we supposedly evolved from were the same as today's apes. They weren't. Today's apes evolved from more primitive ones just as today's humans evolved from more primitive humans.
2006-09-16 04:31:08 · answer #4 · answered by quatt47 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man did not evolve from monkeys. There was a species millions of years ago with some latin name I can't remember that was between a man and an ape. Man and ape evolved from the same thing, but they just took different routes.
2006-09-17 01:58:55 · answer #5 · answered by dreamer_goth 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in Evolution. The answer would be that not all monkeys (apes) went through the evolution, only the ones that changed their diet and adapted to a new environment.
2006-09-19 15:56:36 · answer #6 · answered by Daddy Big Dawg 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Man can't easily climb trees and go get them! Evolution caused man to gain and lose skills. If money really did grow on trees, man likely would evolve back to monkeys, right?
2006-09-16 01:49:04 · answer #7 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire species doesn't evolve at once. A few members of a species have a mutation that allows them to evolve, while the other members continue with the original species.
2006-09-16 01:32:26 · answer #8 · answered by mollyneville 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
we all didn't evolve at the same time and then the lesser hairy ancestors just poof dissapeare we are a sub species to the chimps its the same thing as other species thats why theres four bagillion different species of spiders and 14 different species belonging to the crocodile family theres a million species belonging to the primates humns are one of them
2006-09-17 16:31:34 · answer #9 · answered by Conley f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were not used by the aliens in their cross-breeding expirements to develop humans .
2006-09-16 03:30:25 · answer #10 · answered by rocknrod04 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋