do you think we came from apes?

Question

its obvious that monkeys dont know how to swim, nor like to be on water. but it seems we have the ability to swim and some love to be on water
can u explain?

Answer 1

No, I don't believe we came from Apes. God created us.

Answer 2

Just because scientists, doctors (they had to study biology too), and many other people believe that evolution is a reality, does not mean they do not believe in God. They may just differ on how they think God created us. It is totally wrong to say all people who believe, or studied the theory of evolution, do not believe in God. The truth is there is no conflict between religion and science (though many like to pretend there is). Science cannot explain religion or God, and religion cannot explain science. Some say "if it's not in the bible, then it cannot be true." Think about it, why would the bible go into depth about DNA, evolution, or anything having to do with science (the bible is about God, not evolution). For example, is it not true that the Sun burns hydrogen as fuel. Obviously. But you won't find that in the bible. Why? because it has nothing to with religion. Also, evolution doesn't say that we came from apes, it says we shared a common primate-like ancester. Lastly, regarding "monkeys and "swimming", consider the vast diferences between individual human ability, even among related people. For example, some humans excell at chess or advanced math, yet for others, these are difficult skills to acquire. Some humans can jump 25 feet, while others can only jump 3. Some breeds of dogs are great swimmers or fast runners, while other breeds are not. Yet dogs are certainly related to each other. The reason different breeds of dogs have different abilities is because of selective breeding, (almost like natural selection, a concept of evolution, except humans decide which dogs breed, not nature).

Answer 3

Apes and humans came from the same creature, yet our paths diverged many moons ago. The fossil record shows this. We left the trees to live on land when Africa became plains as opposed to forest. Why this happened is still open, but at the same time tree eating antelopes died off and were replaced by grass eaters. You see evolution happens in spurts caused by outside influences. The tree people and antelopes may have lived that way for millenia, yet changed in a short time. Anything which could not adapt died off. Apes moved to higher ground, hence no need to swim. We stayed on the plains which were prone to flooding. Several types of "humans" may have walked on earth at the same time. We are the final result.

Answer 4

yes we came from apes-I actually believe in the "aquatic ape" theory--
facts-
1) when some monkeys walk through water their gait (stride pattern) actually becomes like ours in terms of hip position
2) we are the only primate with body hair lying in one direction-made for less resistance
3)we are only primate with subcutaneous fat-acts like blubber in whales and improves bouancy
4)only humans and marine mammals have "glottal stop" mechanism to stop accidental ihalation of h2o
5)human babies can be born under water,like dolphins
Im sure theres oyher things but i cant think right now it will be on the web somewhere!
there is no doubt we evolved over 20 million years from apes into a variety of more "advanced" primates. Some people, including experts, think that at some recent time we spent a period as semi-aquatic creatures, if u think about it, living at the waters edge would be a good survival strategy- shellfish and other marine foods are protein rich and could provide the nutrition needed to grow our big brains,= if attacked by crocs u can run onto the land, if hunted by sabretooths u can swim away.
If god made us, which god, Lots of good intelligent people believe every imaginable load of crap! the bible of the hindus at least gets basic facts right, well not right but at least closer as regards the earth going around the sun, the existence of lots of planets, realistic timescales for existence They have an age equivalent to 400 million yrs. If god does talk to people and run religions why didnt he tell them the truth about the solar system.

ps 99% of experts think the aquatic ape theory is fanciful to be polite,but you have to stir the pot.

Answer 5

Yes apes are our ancestors. We have 98% genetic code of chimpanzees. Somewhere during evolution we became divergent of the ape family. We are like a branch off the evolutionary chain. Which means we are more like cousins to them than descendants. We do exhibit characteristics that support the water ape theory, as a downturned nose and lack of body hair. Isn't it possible these traits were more desired in a species that exhibited more amphibious properties than our cousins?

P.s. "irreducible complexity" I sure hope that person wasn't even considering bringing up intelligent design. Creation science is an oxymoron. If you are not going to believe in "evolution", you might as well not even believe in "genetics." Evolution does indeed occur every single day. Most obvious on a microscopic scale. Why? Bacteria live their lives out 10000x faster than ours, they do indeed evolve into different species fulfilling different environmental roles every day. The influenza virus evolves every year.

If it were up to bible thumpers we'd still be living on farms and hearding sheep. Why is it they want to pick and choose what facts to accept? Men can never fly. You cannot talk to someone who is not within ear shot. You can't leave the earth, because above earth is heaven and no man can get there. You can't sail past the shore or you'll fall off the earth. Give me a break and open your eyes. Science is not against religion, it is for finding truth, so don't keep bringing up your witch hunting ideas that are archaic. Don't drive your car, don't put on that synthetic fiber shirt, don't drink treated water, and see how much God creates a new you.

Answer 6

Actually evolution is a theory...such as it is called "the theory of evolution". There are similarities between us and primates opposable thumbs etc, just as there are many differences, speech, cognition of our future demise, cognition beyond survival, etc. We have many things in common with pigs too, doesn`t mean we evolved from them either. The evolutionary theory, as studied by Darwin(a very religious man who had a dozen kids) was never meant to be interpreted this way. It has been highjacked by anti creationists and atheists.
Question remains...do you want to think you came from apes...or from ancestral humans?

Answer 7

I definitely accept it as a possibility. Maybe people don't realize that this happened millions of years ago? The only reason people adamantly refuse this theory is because they're scared of lowering human mystique. Science has already solved a lot of life's mysteries, and you know some people get a kick out of those mysteries like a child defending Santa Claus.

Answer 8

Science almost has it right and at the core of religion they do have it right. We were created but the apes de-evolved (or degenerated) from us. Science and religion (not church and state) will one day again unify (as in the days of Greece) to prove this.
For humans, affinity for water is determined primarily by the rising-sign of your astrology-chart.

Answer 9

The way I look at it our consciousness passed the animal kingdom before we became man.We cannot be compared to the animals now because our mind is higher than them. Our consciousness is still in the process of evolution, there must be a break away from this animal-man consciousness of ours. To me we were animals before.

Answer 10

No we did not evolve from apes. There are different schools of thought about human evolution. People used to think that the neanderthals were our ancestors. But they weren't. In fact, the newest findings say that Neanderthals walked on the earth the same time as early humans, but we (humans) probably killed them off. As for where we came from. Scientists have found that the population of the entire world came from ONE WOMAN. Fascinating, isn't it? (Makes you think about the biblical version of events.) See Oppenheimer's The REal Eve: Modern Man's Journey out of Africa.

Answer 11

Nope. And I don't have to explain the frailties of someone else's position (i.e., that we did). Instead, the burden of proof is on them and the "evidence" doesn't exist.

Query: Micro or Macro theory of evolution? Gradual or Punctuated theory of evolution?

Query: If it is a scientific fact, then why is it continuelly referred to as the "theory of evolution" and not the "law of evolution"?

Query: Anyone read Darwin's caveat in his book? The one where he clearly says that he hasn;'t found any evidence to support his theory but firmly believes it will be found in the future. Well? Where is it?

Query: How do you deal with the law of irreducible complexity? You can't "evolve" around it.

Query: How do you "evolve" the first great leap... from non-life to life? Anyone? Bueller?

Person who answers these will easily win several Nobel prizes.