Nearly 6 Billion People with Different appearances? Some Human Beings have lookalikes and there are identical twins.
2006-11-25 22:50:19 · 13 answers · asked by Balance 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I reckon that any self-respecting monkey or gibbon would be most insulted by your question!
2006-11-25 22:54:38 · answer #1 · answered by costa 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Gibbons and other primates are usually from the same geographical area and if they are not there are subtle differences usually whereas human populations are all over the globe and according to different climates have different facial features. It is more advantageous to have certain characteristics such as the eye fold for Asian people who live in colder climates to help protect the eyes or darker skin in warmer climates as opposed to lighter skin in colder climates. You may also get a blending of the two characteristics. It is all about adaptation to the environment.
2006-11-26 07:04:48 · answer #2 · answered by tigerlily_catmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans from same races and geographical localities are much more similar to each other in appearance than are people from far away. Same goes for the monkeys and apes, such as gibbons, chimps, bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas. The thing is that we are more capable of telling the differences in facial features in our race than in people of other races (I read about this study, but I cannot remember where it's from), whether due to inherent ability (genetic) or training (from being around the same race during our young years). That is probably similar to why we don't notice the differences in facial features in monkeys and apes, and why you used it in the example in your question.
2006-11-26 09:16:19 · answer #3 · answered by Artem T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently chimps are able to distinguish one another by their facial appearance but considering their DNA is 99% + similar to ours, perhaps this is not so surprising. Maybe it's because most animals tend to use their sense of smell to distinguish individuals. I'm no expert but I suspect that chimps sense of smell is not much better than humans, comparatively speaking. Chimps live in social groups and it is important for individuals to be able to recognise the others in it's group as well as to warn the others of strangers. I think that humans can see differences in chimps faces more than in other animals but maybe I've seen too many Disney movies.
2006-11-26 08:55:40 · answer #4 · answered by biker_mouse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DNA does it. there are billions of diffferney ways of putting together the same strands-Identical twins always have a light difference
2006-11-26 06:52:23 · answer #5 · answered by Lillian 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because different environments produce different evolutionary responses and since the human primate migrated to the four corners of the earth their appearances changed in countless ways add to that the mixing of the different gene pools through breeding hey presto question answered
2006-11-26 15:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by spud 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im sure to gibbons or monkeys all humans look similar, its just we are used to recognising the differences
2006-11-26 06:59:01 · answer #7 · answered by Lucy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure other animals look different to one another and that we just don't notice it and I'm sure they notice the difference. I mean more then one occasion another species of animal then humans will sniff you or taste you to differ you from another human, take dogs/ cats or lizards for example.
2006-11-26 06:59:04 · answer #8 · answered by Pandoooo;. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's DNA that makes us all different, not even identical twins are the same.!!!
2006-11-26 06:59:39 · answer #9 · answered by JAM123 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called genetics.....no two items can really be identical...identical twins are the exception, as they come from the same egg, but even they are not TOTALLY identical.
2006-11-26 06:54:07 · answer #10 · answered by Cy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋