evolutionist?

Question

If evolution is correct then shouldnt there still be evolving primates still around? I dont see any that are say half way between man and ape like the missing link. If science and evolution are truely right thten were are the missing links?

Answer 1

Evolution takes millions of years, or even hyundreds of thousands. This is why the lesser-evolved human is still a monkey.

Answer 2

That is why scientists all over the globe are searching - and it isn't one missing link between ape and man. They are looking for a number or PRIMATE types to fill in the gaps on our evolutionary branch. They keep finding new classifications of upright primate that follow our branch down. The two newest i have heard of are one that has been nicknamed 'the hobbit' the other is a neanderthal, cro-magnon cross. This means that scientists are no longer looking for the 'missing link' between these two types of primate - they now think they interbred with each other and formed a new species that way. We come later on.

Answer 3

Your question makes no sense. It sounds as though you believe the following:

- all individuals within a species are identical.
- evolution holds that some of those individuals somehow become "transitional forms" halfway between the current species and some future species.
- evolution then holds that descendants of those individuals then somehow become identical members of that future species.

If that's what you think evolution says, I'm not surprised if you think it's ridiculous, because of course that IS ridiculous. But in fact it has nothing whatsoever to do with evolution. These are ridiculous statements that are only made by creationists.

I strongly suspect that you're getting your information from creationist propaganda sites. You can recognize those sites a number of ways. One is that if a site talks about "the missing link" or argues that there are no "transitional forms", that site was created by people who are utterly ignorant about biology and evolution, for the purpose of lying to you about science. In short, those sites are propaganda.

Evolution is the fact of the matter: we came from earlier life forms. The Biblical Creation story is false, and arguing otherwise only denigrates religion. As far as I know, there has not been a single intelligent creationist post on Y!A in the time I've been here - that kind of record surely isn't helping the case for religious faith. Probably the #1 thing that people could do here to promote religion would be to convince the creationists to stop repeating the propaganda.

Answer 4

Check out the Yahoo home page - about the Hobbit. Anyway, we are past the 'missing link' stage. Chimps share 99% the same DNA as a human. The difference is so small. And another thing - we haven't stopped evolving - It is doubtful humans will have a little toe in the near future. Maybe no hair at all. Many many things are changing right in front of your eyes - just too slow for you to tell.

Answer 5

There are still evolving primates. They aren't halfway between man and ape (those primates are now extinct) but they are halfway between one kind of ape and another kind of ape that will exist in a million years. Unless you've actually been to the future and seen that animals aren't evolving, I don't see how you can just say that they aren't.

Answer 6

We *are* apes, Great Apes, to be exact. Check out the biological classification of homo sapiens.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens
Subspecies: H. s. sapiens

95% of the DNA sequence is identical between chimpanzee and human. It has been estimated that the human lineage diverged from that of chimpanzees about five million years ago, and from gorillas about eight million years ago. However, a hominid skull discovered in Chad in 2001, classified as Sahelanthropus tchadensis, is approximately seven million years old, which may indicate an earlier divergence.

Answer 7

"Missing links" do not exist. That is an old escape clause every time a new species fossil is discovered. Every species is a "transitory" species, in the process of change constantly.

All primates, in fact all creatures are still evolving. Evolution takes place over generations, genius. Or didn't you pay attention in biology class?

Answer 8

Oh for the love of.....god.

There ARE evolving primates still around: humans, apes, chimps, monkeys.

Why do you need to see any that are halfway in between? Apes and humans both evolved from the same ancestors. Tell me why you don't see dogs that look halfway between a Dachsund and a Bulldog and you will have your answer.

Answer 9

The "missing link" is that part of your education that you have neglected - namely, the part where you study biology, geology, palentology, and genetics. Had you completed these studies you would not be asking questions that shine a glaring light on your ignorance about what evolution is and how it works.

There are no missing links in evolutionary theory. All organisms on the earth are continually evolving. Primates, humans included, and all organisms are "half way" between the ancestors they evolved from and the next organisms that they will evolve into. Please, educate yourself and then the questions you ask will have some understanding behind them.

Answer 10

there are still evolving primates around. What do you call chimpanzees and gorillas? chimps share 99% of the same genes as humans. i think what you mean is why there aren't any that are walking up-right like humans but hairy like chimps? Well, i think there might have been which became extinct.
Anyway, the point is that there actually ARE still evolving primates.

Answer 11

Evolution is still going on, and it is proven. Certain weeds are already adapting to the warmer temperatures by seeding earlier. It's a slower process in mammals, but they are evolving too.