If human evolved from ape then why are apes still around?
2006-11-21 02:03:17 · 6 answers · asked by askandilltell 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Humans did not evolve from modern apes. Modern apes and humans both evolved from a common ancestor.
2006-11-21 02:12:32 · answer #1 · answered by kheserthorpe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a common question from the creationists and it makes no sense at all. Modern day apes descended from their early ancestors traced back to a hominid species dating over 2.7 to 4 m.y.a.
Modern man belongs to the genus Homo, which is a subgroup in the family of hominids. What evolved into Homo was likely the genus Australopithecus (once called "man-ape"), which includes the famed 3.2 million-year-old "Lucy" fossil found three decades ago.
The whole human family tree, being able to connect the branches is the life work of anthropoligists and other scientists. The great apes are man's closest cousins, they developed off the main family of hominids over 4 m.y.a.
To say that modern man descended from present day monkeys and apes is as ludicrous as saying "horses descended from zebras, so why are the zebras still around...?"
2006-11-21 15:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*sigh* Do you sincerely want to know, or are you just another creationist propagandist deliberately spreading misinformation? If not then I apologize, because 99% of creationists who aren't of the scientifically-ignorant type, ARE deliberately-lying propagandists.
To answer your question, it's because humans did NOT evolve from any ape or monkey species alive today. Rather, apes & humans had a common ancestor in the distant past (hominids) which branched off to become the separate species.
2006-11-21 10:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
~If god created man and is such a perfect and all-powerful, all-knowing dude, why did he do such a lousy job of it and why doens't he bother to fix the mess he's made? By the way, evolution or mutation of a new species doesn't require the extinction of the parent organism. If you want to criticize a theory, at least learn about it first.
2006-11-23 06:46:41 · answer #4 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
and if we did evolve from the same ape family why do we look lik people and they look lie apes .it matters not life ends so live .
2006-11-21 10:17:22 · answer #5 · answered by henryredwons 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
read" the urantia book " there`s information that will open your
mind to any thing about evolution. check it out !
2006-11-21 10:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Michael L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋