Im i the only one that believes we used to be monkeys?

Question

R.E at primary school was compusary so i had to attend, (even though it was a public school...WRONG) And lets think about this...In most schools, even (eg) catholic, learn about not only their own religion,but lots of other religions too. My primary school (which was not religious yet focused on one religion) focused on christianity. When i did science in High school, the whole 'Lucy the monkey' theory made A LOT MORE sense then 'We are all inbred brothers and sisters'. Who else believes in Neanderthals and homo sapiens? After all, discovered Bones and changing climate prove more than a book ever could

Answer 1

If you believe we used to be monkeys. you don't understand evolution either.

Answer 2

No you're not. I think it's something like 55% evolutionists and 45% creationists in the US population. Honestly, why on earth anyone would take a spiritual book as literally as many do is beyond me. A literal interpretation of the Bible leads us to the absurd conclusion, (among other things) that the circumference of a circle divided by the diameter is exactly three (as opposed to pi). First Kings 7:23

But back to evolution, I think that there's a lot more to denying it than Biblical literalism. A lot of people just can't accept that we share a common ancestry with animals. There's also a lot of clever disinformation going around to try and refute it. Evolution fits so well with all of the evidence, though, and just common sense observations (why do we have wisdom teeth or appendices if we didn't inherit them from cave men, who would have used them?). that any truly open mind can make an informed choice.

Answer 3

First of all....what Catholic schools are you talking about that study other religions? I have yet to attend one. Yes, I believe you are the only person that believes we came from "Lucy the monkey." More likely, we share a common ancestor to modern day apes. Of course I "believe" in Neanderthals....how can you not when their skulls are tangible. And the inbred idea has always been a little creepy to me as well.

Answer 4

Hi, EB; you're on the right track, but you need some important details.

Lucy was not a monkey; if she had been, her remains would have been unremarkable.

Lucy was an Australopithecus; she walked erect on two legs, like a human, not on all fours or knuckle-walking like a monkey.

Humans and other primates share a common ancestry, and Lucy is thought to be the earliest example yet found.

Antropology is an exciting field, and I think you will enjoy reading more about our origins!

Answer 5

What we claim today as Neanderthal are actually the bones of the people who lived long lives to 900 years old. A dentist wrote a book based on xrays he took of the N.skulls and discovered that we have been lied to. These skulls were initially photographed with jaws set to look like they were apes. [The author and the book title I don't remember]That is one of the reasons why evolution has been foisted on our society. It can help the American public reason that there may be aliens outside of our solar system via the propaganda of Carl Sagan.

Answer 6

Neantherthals were actually another species that happened to look like homosapians, but lab testing has shown they have a different genus

In all practical sense we probably did evolve, but religion has a lot of metaphores so the whole adam and eve story may just be the point humans gained coinsiousness

Answer 7

You might be.
You see, people familiar with evolutionary theory know that humans and monkeys - as well as all other primates, including apes and hominids - evolved from a common ancestor. Not a monkey, something that predated a monkey.
Lucy was an Australopithecine hominid, not a monkey.

Answer 8

we didn't use to be monkeys, but we evolved from ape-like creatures.

These are scientific *facts* - there's no need to believe if you understand them. There are thousands of books about it. The biologist Richard Dawkins wrote a few, including a book called The Ancestor's tale which will take you back in time - devolving from human all the way back to bacteria. Read it. It's amazing how much there is to learn about nature.

And please don't listen to people who hate science (and claim the earth is 6000 years old - beer is older than that!)

Answer 9

Lucy was a type of ape, not a monkey. We have a common ancestor with modern apes and monkeys. But other than that you mostly got it right.

FYI here is the newest find. It is way more complete than Lucy.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060920-lucys-baby.html

Answer 10

Umm, apparently you know nothing about evolution. Science doesn't say we came from monkeys.

Lucy isn't a monkey, she's a primate (just like we are). She's an Australopithecus. That means she's one of our genus. She's kind of one of the transitional fossils Christians keep denying exist.

Answer 11

I don't believe we used to be monkeys. I believe that we are a primate, the apes are primates, so are the chimps and I believe that we all share a common ancestor.

I believe in Neandertals and, of course, homo sapiens.

It isn't exactly "Lucy the monkey". It's "Lucy the early human". And I do believe in a sense that we are all inbred brothers and sisters, but I don't believe in any "poof there it was" business.