I am not an evolutionist. I am a Christian and I believe in the creation. But, having taken a little time to try to understand the evolutionist view point, your question does not make much sense. If you really want an answer to your question, you will have to learn a little about how the evolutionists believe the evolutionary process occurred.
Evolutionists don't believe that we came from monkeys but rather that monkeys and man have a common ancestor. Somewhere along the line for whatever reason, our evolutionary process diverged and our ancestors became men while others became monkeys, apes, etc. We got the intelligence to make complex tools, have complex languages, and the ability to make luxurious while the monkeys and apes are stuck living more by instinct than anything else. Creating only rudimentary tools and having no complex language.
2007-02-14 02:57:44
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answer #1
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answered by rbarc 4
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Half man and half monkey you mean like a were-monkey? Actually the reason we don't seen half man half monkey is because technically that would be a chimera and chimera don't happen in nature. But what I think your asking is why we don't see creatures between the great apes and humans. The reason for that is probably humans force them into extinction. But Chimpanzees and human DNA is 98% similar, which is pretty close.
2007-02-14 06:14:26
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answered by jetthrustpy 4
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We didn't come from monkeys. We came from an ancestor that was shared by monkeys and humans. The mix of human being and that ancestor has been found in fossils. Of course none would be around now since human beings have replaced them.
2007-02-14 03:20:24
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answered by Count Acumen 5
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The half man, half monkey creatures existed but were weeded out by climactic change and scarce resources. That's how evolution goes, so sorry, no half man half monkey people today.
2007-02-14 06:41:09
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answered by lotusmoon01 4
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Because we didn't come from monkeys. Monkeys and humans have a common anscestor, and there are pleanty of fossil records of our anscestors now that show a clear link between us (and monkeys) and them! I think you should do some more research, my friend.
PS, I did answer your question very concisely and clearly. You haven't recognised that because you don't believe it. THAT tells ME all I need to hear. My friend, take a deep breath, and have a read of what I've written again before you continue to be so abrasive.
Also, read this (taken from Wikipedia, link is below):
"It is commonly stated by critics of evolution that there are no known transitional fossils. This position is based on a misunderstanding of the nature of what represents a transitional feature. A common creationist argument is that no fossils are found with partially functional features. It is plausible, however, that a complex feature with one function can adapt a wholly different function through evolution. The precursor to, for example, a wing, might originally have only been meant for gliding, trapping flying prey, and/or mating display. Nowadays, wings can still have all of these functions, but they are also used in active flight.
"Although transitional fossils elucidate the evolutionary transition of one life-form to another, they only exemplify snapshots of this process. Due to the special circumstances required for preservation of living beings, only a very small percentage of all life-forms that ever have existed can be expected to be discovered. Thus, the transition itself can only be illustrated and corroborated by transitional fossils, but it will never be known in detail. However, progressing research and discovery managed to fill in several gaps and continues to do so. Critics of evolution often cite this argument as being a convenient way to explain off the lack of 'snapshot' fossils that show crucial steps between species.
"The theory of punctuated equilibrium developed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge is often mistakenly drawn into the discussion of transitional fossils. This theory, however, pertains only to well-documented transitions within taxa or between closely related taxa over a geologically short period of time. These transitions, usually traceable in the same geological outcrop, often show small jumps in morphology between periods of morphological stability. To explain these jumps, Gould and Eldredge envisaged comparatively long periods of genetic stability separated by periods of rapid evolution."
Now if you have read any of that, I would like you to acknowledge that as an additional detail to your question (and make any comments you feel you should). If you don't, I can either assume that you haven't bothered to read the answers here OR that your read it and decided against posting a retort (and I wonder why you would choose to do that).
2007-02-14 02:07:33
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answered by Mawkish 4
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Evolution theme song....
I used to be an ameba, living life completely free.
Then I became a fish, swimming in the sea.
Then I was monkey, hanging from a tree,
And now, I'm a doctor with a Ph. D.!
2007-02-14 02:07:53
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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You don't know the first thing about evolution. We didn't come from monkeys. Monkeys and humans share a common ancestor.
2007-02-14 02:19:43
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answered by The Truth 3
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Well here you go. A clear example of half man / half chimpanzee.
2007-02-14 02:14:59
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answered by Anonymous
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when god performs an evolution it's to perfect the species, to refine it
2007-02-14 02:36:16
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answered by Anonymous
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Can't answer you. Its like trying to teach Relativity to someone who struggles to add two numbers together.
EDIT:
Your additional comments just support my contention.
2007-02-14 02:06:56
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answered by fourmorebeers 6
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