If evolution is correct, then why don't we have the many advancments that animals have?

Question

We should have wings, rows of teeth, impenetrable skin, gills, webbed feet, and so on. Instead we are left with extremely weak skin and a brain. True the brain can create things that do those advancements but at the cost of the planet. Kinda stupid for the planet to create something that destroys itself. yay we made an airplane so now we can fly. woops sorry about that massive pollution and use of fossil fuels. You kinda have to agree that animals have alot of things humans don't have, that evolution says they should have.

We should have wings, rows of teeth, impenetrable skin, gills, webbed feet, and so on. Instead we are left with extremely weak skin and a brain. True the brain can create things that do those advancements but at the cost of the planet. Kinda stupid for the planet to create something that destroys itself. yay we made an airplane so now we can fly. woops sorry about that massive pollution and use of fossil fuels. You kinda have to agree that animals have alot of things humans don't have, that evolution says they should have.

wow almost none fo you read my question. If evolution gets rids of bad traits, surely wings are a good trait. Ya didn't read the part about the planet killing itself with airplanes. Tell me how soft squishy skin is a good thing? Tell me when mutations in the last century has ever been a good thing. That fruit fly was pretty messed up

woops messed up their, first time adding details, ignore the 2nd post of my first comments.

Answer 1

1) Evolution does not dictate how traits are used, nor does the planet.

2) Every trait you mentioned takes resources to generate and maintain.

3) The traits you list are incompatible. Wings could never lift a creature with a 3 pound brain, 35 pounds of skin (up from 7 to make it impenetrable), and the mass of a jaw that could hold rows of teeth.

Answer 2

All animals evolve differently based on their environment. Evolution doesn't say that humans should have wings. We have evolved to a point where we no longer adapt to our environment, our technology adapts for us. So, we do have wings. I fly all the time. In fact I have a little card that when I buy things, I get to fly more. What animals have impenetrable skin? My friends dad has a kevlar vest. Rows of teeth? My grandma had dentures. Webbed feet? My dad has these webbed flippers he puts on his feet and he also uses a tank of air instead of gills.

Answer 3

Evolution is is a theory to help understand the changes in lifeforms over time. It does not have anything to do with the original creation or manifestation of these lifeforms. Evolution does not mean a belief in random events or chaos.

Most people who accept this theory would tell you that humans did not come from apes, but rather humans and many apes seem to have a common ancestor (different branches of the same family tree).

Much of that difference in DNA between humans and apes is the genetic coding for the brain and how the brain is used. Just because humans have languages and logical thought patterns which can be taught from generation to generation does not mean that basically humans are not animals. To believe this might be considered the height of arrogance.

If you look carefully at human behavior in a mob or group expecting an immediate danger (large predator or fire, for example) you might find much less difference between your behavior and that of many of the great apes.

The simplest cases of change in a lifeforms over time deal with microbes. Humans know through study that some species have changed enough to now be considered a different species. This is more than just changes in antibiotic response or nutritional needs. These changes are associated with changes in DNA coding.

Please understand that some people are so set in their own dogma that they cannot begin to change their belief system no matter what evidence is presented to them. They have no method to begin to understand how a flu virus can change from year to year. Evolution does not have all the answers, especially if one is interested in the original creation of life. Evolution can, on the other-hand, help understand how life can change.

Answer 4

It is impossible to have every good trait possible. The only way humans were able to develop intelligence was because of many factors, bipedalism being the main one. So for a positive attribute to become part of a species, there takes many things to fall into place. This is why evolution takes so long.

Animals with wings can't evolve intelligence because they don't have the skills necessary to develop their young for long periods of time. Just like animals with wings can't have strong skin because they would be to heavy.

You should look into the mechanisms and attribute collection of evolution. It is really complex but very fascinating. I think you will have your answers then.

Answer 5

That's a really good point. I usually always counter that question with the "brain" answer. But I never stopped to consider that a lot of the things we invent are harmful to ourselves and the planet around us.

In some ways it is like the story of humanity leaving the garden of Eden. The apple of knowledge sent us out into this precarious world we now find ourselves in. That we traded the scales, claws and fur for big ideas and opposable thumbs. Maybe there's something to that story.

It's interesting to think that humans in their soft skins are the only creature not naturally suited to live in their environment without some kind of contrivances. Almost like we don't belong here or something...

Answer 6

Your ignorance is painful. We evolved to fit our needs just as your buy a car to fit your needs, surroundings, economic status, or environmental concern. We don't have many of the features other animals have because it was not necessary for our survival. Also, if god made us to be perfect and this world to be a utopia, then why did he not make us with impenetrable skin, gills, and super strength? The answer is the exact same as the one I presented to you. Evolution and Gods plan are one in the same.

Answer 7

Shows how much you know about the subject. Read about how it works before coming here and telling everybody what your foot tastes like.

I'm not going into detail for someone who refuses to look before they leap. If your education on the subject leaves you with that question, then your school failed you. If you want to read how it works, then go read about it. If you want to go online and tell everybody on the other side of the argument how ignorant you are, go for it. Its pretty amusing for those who haven't answered this f_cking question a million times.

And just so you can't say I never answered your question- because evolution doesn't work that way. This is reality, not X-Men.

Answer 8

I am always defending religion. Click on my picture and read my answers.

Now know this. You are an idiot. Evolution says that of the random mutations, the ones that allow a species to survive will remain, because the carriers of bad ones will die before breeding. These mutations in the mutants that survive will lead to changes and new species.

It does not say that these mutations will guide life into having multiple super abilities.

Answer 9

Evolution does not mean that just because something might be useful you'll have it.

Do you know how large your wings would have to be for you to be able to fly? Do you know how much muscle mass you'd have to have? How high your muscle density would have to be?

It takes food to power all that -- have you any idea how much food it would take to feed a person who had wings sufficient for arbitrary flight?

You don't think about that though, do you? You just think, "It'd be cool to fly, so evolution must be false." But being able to fly comes with an extremely high cost, one that was never advantageous to our ancestors, so why would you expect us to have wings?

That we don't is evidence of evolution. Us having wings would be evidence of the existence of one deity or another.

Answer 10

Where did you ever get the idea that evolution says we should evolve all of these traits?

Organisms evolve enough to adapt to local environments, and they are somewhat restrict by their past histories.

Our arms are used for picking up and carrying things, that evolved from ape-like animals that used them to swing from branches. They were certainly not free to evolve into enormous wings.

However birds and bats have a much smaller stature that would allow them to evolve features that would allow them to glide (like flying squirrels) that could eventually evolve into wings.