2007-01-11 10:00:21 · 27 answers · asked by hadit l 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
for example i know we are related to chimpanzees but did we evolve from chimpanzees or some kind of other ape or do modern apes and humans just share a common ancestor that no longer exists?
2007-01-11 10:02:05 · update #1
The second one. We share a common ancestor.
2007-01-11 10:03:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Science tends to favor separate species these days.
Since both Science and Religion states catagorically that we all come from the same chemical murk, ALL biological life shares a common heritage.
Thus it's not uncommon to find similarities in chemcial structure.
The weird thing is that the common ancestor from which we branched off, an OBVIOUSLY significant and important "thing" no longer exists. Obviously it wasn't all that "great and important" for nature to kiss it good-bye, without even leaving a fossile record.
Has it ever dawned on the scientifically inclinded that maybe APES came from the HUMAN ancestors and not the other way around. Maybe the human produced deformities or other anomlaies that produced the mute Chimps and other Great Apes.
I've never figured out why scientist and Darwinists want MEN from APES instead of APES from MEN.
Seems de-eveolution or mutant humans are more logical for these animals than smart apes.
If it were smart apes, we'd see a few chimps talking to us over the last 2,000 years of history.
I never figured out why science looks at it that way.
If going UP HILL is so easy, it's only a matter of time before Birds, Horses, Dogs and Cats talk and invent things.
Going down hill seems more logical if you're going to Darwinize things.
2007-01-11 18:08:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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.
2007-01-11 18:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Man and the Great Apes probably had a common ancestor but habitat etc. caused variations. Mans earliest ancestors ultimately left the trees moved onto the plains and started standing upright. The rest as they say is history.
2007-01-11 18:05:25 · answer #4 · answered by paul m 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Common ancestor.
It could be suggested that the ape type beings in existence today are more advanced than some humans because they do not have a need for a belief system in order to get from day to day.
2007-01-11 19:12:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jon H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A common ancestor, of course; otherwise, it would have meant apes stopped evolving after speciation.
If you go back far enough, all life has a common ancestor; see Richard Dawkins' book "The Ancestor's Tale".
2007-01-11 18:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by eldad9 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Man and apes share a common ancestor. Humans are primates, but our evolutionary path diverged from that of the ape. Still, the similarities are remarkable.
2007-01-11 18:07:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe the in evolution of humans from apes. My thing is, if we evolved from them, wouldn't there be no apes???? I don't think it's a common ancestor either. If that were the case, we would be that closely related to dolphins and any other mammal.
2007-01-11 18:06:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't believe that at all. I'm sorry I just don't agree with the whole evolution theory. If we evolved from apes, or chimpanzees, or any other type of monkey, then why do they still have that type of monkey? This is only my opinon, and I don't bad about anyone else with a different opinion. Have a great day.
2007-01-11 18:12:32 · answer #9 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I gather that the theory that has the most support is that we share a common ancestor with modern apes.
2007-01-11 18:04:21 · answer #10 · answered by Yeti 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"Modern apes," eh? That's a new one on me.
Are they cleverer than the older ones ? All well trained in science and theory !
No, they all came from a common ancestor (I,m not sure what an ancester is), and his name was ..... Darwin.
2007-01-12 18:19:21 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋