2006-12-27 05:05:47 · 14 answers · asked by duguu89 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
good question for Charles Darwin... too bad he is dead... don't mess with the lord.
2006-12-27 05:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Knight M.D 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Our monkey ancestors were an isolated population of monkeys. The rest of the monkeys did not experience the same population pressures as our isolated ancestors, and hence became the ancestors of modern monkeys.
2006-12-27 14:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People didn't come from monkeys-they came from a common ancestor as monkeys.
2006-12-27 13:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Though we came from apes, not monkeys, your question is still valid. Evolution just means some of the particular species has changed, not necessarily the whole group. Birds evolved from reptiles, but that doesnt mean all of the reptiles disappeared.
2006-12-27 13:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by Tony O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As most of the others have said, monkeys and us both evolved from a common ancestor (as did everything if you go back far enough).
I recommend Richard Dawkins's "The Ancestor's Tale", which works its way back through time to find all the "places" where we "join up" with our ancestors, so to speak.
2006-12-27 13:09:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well we didnt come from monkeys, monkeys and humans came from a common ancestor that no longer exist. Furthermore humans are more closely related to apes (e.g. chimpanzees) not monkeys.
2006-12-29 07:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by loki a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
humans have developed from monkeys over years through genetic modification and environmental changes, but i believe that we only originate from certain types of monkeys. the silly monkeys which we see today in real life or on animal planet show that they didn't develop to be matured. that's why they still exist.
2006-12-27 13:12:55 · answer #7 · answered by Seungyong W 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Homosapions (?) are a branch of a common tree. While the lineage has not been tracked completely, science is constantly gaining ground and, I suspect, we will one day understand much more about our true ancestry
2006-12-27 13:13:56 · answer #8 · answered by cybertrip1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
monkeys did not accept the invitation
2006-12-27 13:13:34 · answer #9 · answered by verycool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We didn't come from monkeys! That's a good question though. Adam and Eve were as human as we are now. Not monkeys.
2006-12-27 13:07:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
We both come from a common ancestor.
2006-12-27 13:10:23 · answer #11 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋