If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here?

Answer 1

humans did not evolved we were all created. It is in the Bible, GENESIS 1:27 SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD CREATED HE HIM:MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM.
GENESIS1:28 AND GOD BLESSED THEM AND GOD SAID UNTO THEM,BE FRUITFUL, AND MULTIPLY AND REPLENISH THE EARTH, AND SUBDUE IT: AND HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, AND OVER THE FOWL OF THE AIR AND OVER EVERY LIVING THIN THAT MOVETH UPON THE EARTH.

Answer 2

Humans, monkeys and apes all evolved from a common ancestor. Humans were never monkeys or apes, and apes and monkeys were never humans. Our genetic material is mostly the same. The differences between these three animals are much less than humans would like to think.

The idea that humans evolved from apes is an untruth that is often spoken by opponents of mainstream science.

Answer 3

Evolution is not a "Chain." That is to say, when an evolutionary event occurs not all of the parent species are replaced by the new species; rather certain decedents from the parent species develop physical traits that help them survive in other manners than their predecessors. A clear-cut example is crocodiles and alligators. Both are still around, even though the Croc is an older species. Although, over time the parent species may go extinct, but it has nothing to do with a new species evolving from it.

The monkeys and apes we see to day are decedents from the species we've descended from. That is, the original species is extinct due to presently unknown reasons. Humans and apes evolved separately and independently from that parent species - each has evolved their own traits.

Answer 4

Humans evolved from monkeys and apes, but not the monkeys and apes you see around you today, LOL.

We're descended from isolated populations for which selection pressure was different than it was for the main populations. The main populations were well adapted, and so changed less than we did.

Here's a question for you:
If Christians evolved from Jews, why are there still Jews? Same principle. Jews were well adapted to their environment, and it was only an isolated population of Jews that gave rise to the Christians.

Answer 5

Monkeys, humans also evolved from fish. Fish are still here. Just because some members evolved into other animals does not mean the original should go away.

Answer 6

Your question is based on an incorrect premise. Humans and modern apes evolved from a common ancestor, which probably no longer exists. But aside from that, even if human did evolve from the same apes that exist today, the apes still exist because only a small number of them experienced the mutations that gave rise to humans. Your question is equivalent to asking "If Americans came from England, why does England still exist?" or "If Protestants came from Catholics, why do Catholics still exist?"

Answer 7

hey are you for real? that question's been around for weeks, how come you ask it again, in the same form? are you from Yahoo! or what?

anyway. We originally evolved from bacteria - why are bacteria still here? Start football players originally evolve from the broader population - why is the broader population still here? And so on.

why would the growth of a new branch automatically "cancel out" the rest of the tree?

it seems that you are mistaking a process that works by branching out, for a process that would be linear. But if we follow your logic then one could have only ONE SINGLE species on the Earth today.

So your logic is flawed, I'm afraid.

Answer 8

Geeee! I wonder why scientists didn't think of that! Haven't you noticed that the idea of humans evolving from apes/monkeys is never mentioned by scientists? Is it mentioned ONLY by fundamentalist opponents of scientific truth, and ONLY in the desperate hope that mentioning such a silly idea will make science look silly - at least to others as scientifically ignorant as themselves.

Answer 9

apes and humans have common ancestors but they gone in different directions of evolving than us. That is why what share about 95% of the same DNA.

Answer 10

You misunderstand all.

1) they did not evolve from today's monkey/apes
2) anyway, when a mutation results in a new species, not ALL the individual are concerned; actually only a few of them are the root of the new species, so the others remain.

Answer 11

This is because we did not evolve from monkeys. In the beginning of the bible it specifically shows that we humans had a beginning. It also shows that the animals too had a beginning because they were created. Adam and Eve Were the first humans and Adam was created from the dust. If we did evolve, why do we always say from dust you are to dust you will return?