A question for those who believe in evolution.?

Question

Evolutionary theory states that higher level lifeforms evolved from lower life forms through time and genetic mutations. It is accepted that humans evolved from some lower primate.

Now here are the questions...

1) Did the different major human groups (Caucasian, Africans, Aborigine, Mongoloid, etc), evolve from the same primate line? Or different primates? In a very simplistic, and I think inaccurate way of asking this question: Did Caucasions come from one kind of monkey, black Africans from another, Aborigine's from a third and so on?

2) If the answer to the above is true, then does this mean that one people group is more highly evolved than another?

I think that if you are intellectually honest with yourself, then and you believe evolutionary teachings, then you'd have to assume that both of these statements are true. And this is why Evolutionary teachings are perfectly in tune with racism. Even Hitler used evolutionary teachings to convince his Arian nation to kill Jews.

Surveyor... you didn't see the two questions? They were really simple ones. Humm.

Radagast9... Millions of years ago? Who was there to record that?

Answer 1

First of all, racism is based on emotion, hatred, and all those other Anthropomorphic behaviours.

It is believed that the first humanoid creatures on the planet evolved in Africa, then through subsequent migrations to different regions of the globe, they changed in response to their environment.

No where is it written that things evolve into higher life forms.... that is theory that tries to explain things like the movement onto land from sea, etc. Things dont just change into something else, they are modified to better suit their environment, look at insects for example. Most insects had to develop wings in order to reach their food, this is because tree were appearing, and the fact thta tree were appearing is based in inter and intra specific competition for sunlight....in other words things change to benefit themselves. They dont becom an entirely different thing. We are essentially apes, just our brains are larger, this is related to diet, and to behaviour, we stand up right more often simply becasue we evolved to carry objects, we have less hair because natural selection ade us that way, we cant grip branches with our feet, becasue we preferred to run and walk than to climb. Things like the aids virus is constantly changing and "evolving", it doesn't become an elephant overnight, but its physiology changes just enough regularly to make it very difficult to combat It does this in resonse to host physiology, and all other sorts of environmental conditions.
The differences in the human population are related more to the time when their behaviours changed from nomadic hunters to sedentary farmers. If you look at Blacks, they are generally faster, taller, can jump higher, have a longer reach and are in better ohysical condition.....not becasue they were meant to play basketball, but because Africa was slower to develop other means of surviving than lets say Europe, who turned to medicine and discovery way before Africans did. Many tribes that still exist today still carry on very old means of hunting and gathering, and due to this they are much more suited for it, some caucasian person would simply not be able to cut it without modern technology....
so as I said earlier, it is all related to environment, and the changes thta are necessary for survival that dictate what we look like and how we behave.

Answer 2

1. We are pretty sure that all humans come from the same primate line. They left africa in a few waves, generally from the northeast of Africa while southern africans stayed put more.

2. 1. isn't a true/false question. So this question is non-sensical.

Humans that went to Europe and Asia and elsewhere continued to evolve as did the people who stayed in Africa. They evolved to fit in better wherever they were. These separate evolutions occurred over a few hundred thousand years. No group is more highly evolved, they all continued to evolve all the time.

Hitler using a theory hardly makes the theory false. He also believed in dictatorships, Does that mean the theory of dictatorships is false? Even if evolutionary theory is "dangerous" that doesn't make it false either.

Can you honestly imagine a scientist standing up and saying "Well I have a great new theory about how humans developed, but it's kind of scary... so it must be false... never mind!"

Answer 3

Evolutionary theory does not state that higher level lifeforms evolved from lower life forms through time and genetic mutations. It is true however that we do have animals similar to tree shrews and salamanders in our ancestry depending on how far back you want to go.

It is accepted that humans evolved from some lower primate. Humans are a type of primate. The word "lower" is yours and is subjective and not useful.

All humans evolved from the same ancestor and have been evolving together. That is why we are one species. Local climates do impose certain traits on the local populations such as tropical climates require more melanine to protect from the sun.

Evolutionary teaching is perfectly in tune with discovering the truth about nature. Racism is simply a decision by an ignorant person who pretends to know more than he actually does.

Answer 4

No. the most common idea is that all humans came from the same ancestor. There is an idea that Caucasians may have been a result of interbreeding with eructus and Neanderthals, but that is just a idea. But all the races are genetically the same, basically. there are most differences within a gene pool then between gene pools. This means two Caucasians will have the same if not more differences then one Caucasian and one African. Their skin color does not imply major differences or differences in intelligence or higher species.

And Hitler used eugenics, not evolution.

Answer 5

> 1. Did the different major human groups evolve from the same primate line?
Yes. Homo sapiens evolved about 120,000 years ago -- in appearance, indistinguishable from us (Homo sapiens sapiens). The next evolutionary revolution in our line occurred about 50,000 years ago, but it was an internal brain thing, probably. All modern humans are descended from these early Homo sapiens sapiens -- even Australian aborigines, who were isolated for about 40,000 years.

2. You can't say that one group is more evolved than another. As people moved around the world, some groups became adapted to the different environments in which they settled -- but those that were left behind continued to evolve too.

Evolutionary teachings are not particularly in tune with racism. We know there are hidden racial differences (you know, more than just the shape of the legs and nose and hair, and skin color), but it's very difficult to pinpoint what those might be.

Answer 6

You obviously have no clue about evolution. Life forms evolve from other lifeforms. Some lifeforms are not "higher", i.e. intestinal parasites tend to be simpler than their external brethren.

No, all humans are the same species. Homo Sapien. What you see in the different racial groups are adaptions and genetic variation. Mitochondrial DNA has shown that all humans today descended from a single specific female a few million years back.

Hitler was as big a moron about evolution as you seem to be.

p.s. Any scientist worth his salt doesn't believe in evolution - belief is the acceptance of something without evidence. Evolution has millions small and large peices of evidence supporting it. The anti-evolution crowd seems to talk a little too incestously to want to look at evidence. Their theories make cheesecloth look like plate steel in comparison. They usually take very old scientific ascertions, those already corrected, and disprove them. They are a very intellectually dishonest crowd. You should feel at home.

Answer 7

Answer to Question 1)

Human Beings all evolved from a central ancestor, however, as the species moved about, they encountered different environmental obstacles. Thus the variety of groups of humans. You seem to answer your own question by asking if different groups of one species (humans) came from different origins groups of another species. The movement is from a broad Species to a more specific Genus. Different species do not follow the same path. What you suggest is parallel evolution of different species to end at the same, or similar, outcomes.

Answer to question 2)
It would seem that you are trying to use a twisted form of logic to prove your racist theory. I would suggest that your premise is untrue and so your conclusion cannot be true. Even your simplified version of the question begs the question of a central ancestor. The variety of primates that you suggest indicate that each group of humans would have a different basic DNA structure, which has not been shown to be the case.

Answer 8

The answer to the above is false. We are a small species and one species. As you have been told, mitochondrial and Y chromosome evidence has shown that the recent " out of Africa " theory of modern human emergency is highly supported. All homo genus branched off from one primate ancestor, as is supported genetically in the strongest fashion. You are a very confused person to group evolutionary theory with Hitler's bastardizations of it. You need to educate your self; not pontificate ignorantly.

Answer 9

You obviously don't understand evolution very much. The differences in skin color and other physical attributes varies more
within one "race" of people than among different races. Furthermore, these are superficial characteristics you are referring to in discussing "races".

In what sense is a African black man, or jew "less evolved" compared to a Caucasian - the genetic material is 99.999% identical!! The two are identical in all physical attributes and organs. only the actual values realized - i.e height, colour, length, etc - are different, but they both hav the same set of limbs, organs, intellect, etc. There is vastly more in common than there any differences.

As for the Hitler allusion, ever hear of a madman or pyscopath hijacking science or religion to justify whatever their personal desires are? One can always twist the truth to suit your own personal ends if you are deranged enough and have enough power and influence.

Answer 10

1) YES. We are all Homo sapiens. There is more genetic divergence between individuals of one race than between the average values for two different races.
2) NO. No "people group" is more "highly evolved". I am not "higher" than you, nor am I "higher" than the bacteria who live on my body. All organisms have been evolving for the same time, therefore we are all equally evolved.

I think that if you are intellectually honest with yourself, you should stop listening to creationist propaganda and learn some real science.