If man came from monkeys, as the Theory of Evolution claims, why are there still monkeys,?

Question

Just figured I'd ask it since they cranked up the pachals wager,
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At4BpyltSbDUiUqOfdWPfDPsy6IX?qid=20070219125915AAS3pxw

I think the next question in the script is atheists why are you in this section.

SHUT UP WITH YOUR PASCHALS WAGER

dont people read details?

Answer 1

My question exactly! =]

Answer 2

Yeah it is hard to imagine that the same one that created a monky could create something better, I.E. mankind, but the difference is not only flesh and blood but the ability to reason, form intellegent conversation, both do have affection, but no higher forms of communications, building,this is a mighty jump.
Also until people realize the serpent man was the missing link between apes and mankind evolution science is at a stand still.
God created the serpent to be the helper of Adam and Eve, the word does only mean smart or crafty;

GENESIS 3:1¶ Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Picture this as a man and you can see evoltions missing link;

Answer 3

It has to do with the Chimpanzee's(not monkey's) being seperated from the original tribe. As time went on the two tribes evolved differently as they were in completely different climates.
It would be way too hard to answer this question on yahoo answers. I suggest that if you are really interested in the answer of this question you take a human evolution class when you are in college. The question you are asking is a simple question for an extremely complex answer. You should read some books and educate yourself. Contrary to many churches beleifs evolution is not a "theory" it is now knowledge, we have proven it.

Answer 4

First of all, only ignorant stoop-heads believe that Charles Darwin ever suggested that humans evolved from monkeys. From your question it's easy to see that you never read the book.
Why is it that so many are anxious to make fools of themselves without doing a little background reading ?
I could explain the entire Theory of Evolution to you, but that would be too easy. Get the book. Read and understand it. Then when you talk about evolution, you'll sound as if you have some knowledge. Otherwise you'll sound like - - - well, like you do.

Answer 5

Because they evolved from our common ancestor too. We humans got smarter. The great apes, including chimpanzees, got stronger. They are stronger than us humans. (A 180-pound chimp would wipe the floor with a 180-pound human, even a college wrestler.) The others are smaller and more nimble that we are. (Watch a gibbon swinging through the trees, but don't try to imitate him, unless you have an affinity for broken bones.)

Here is a little something extra for you, what the Cajuns call "lagniappe", like the free cookie the baker gives the kids when Mom buys a big birthday cake:

Back in 1776, monarchists argued against democracy as a form of government. They said it was absurd to believe that "All men are created equal" because anyone could see men came in different heights, weights and colors. Case closed.

My point is not about democracy. It is about debate. Before you argue about something, you should understand it. If you don't understand it, you'll look foolish. Gilda Radner, on the original "Saturday Night Live" TV Show, used to do a sketch every couple of weeks in which she made completely ridiculous arguments. One night she argued vehemently against the "Deaf Penalty", instead of the "Death Penalty". She looked absurd, which was the point, and we all laughed until the beer came out our noses, which was what she wanted. You don't want people to laugh at you.

In a serious debate, you should understand the other side. Note that I didn't say "Believe". Understanding is not the same as believing. If you were to study 20th century European Political history, you would have to understand several forms of government: communism (the USSR), fascism (Germany, Italy), socialism (Lots of countries), socialist democracy, capitalistic democracy and constitutional monarchy. You would not believe in all of them; you could not believe in all of them at once. If you tried, your head would explode. You would, however, have to understand their basic concepts.

If you were to study comparative religion, you would have to understand what Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Taoists and Confucians believe. You would not have to convert to a new religion every week, but you would have to understand the other ones. You would not get very far in your studies if you dismissed all the other ones as "wrong". They believe their path is the right one just as strongly as you believe your path is the right one.

99% of the biologists alive today believe that species evolve, and that the theory of evolution is the best explanation we have for the diversity of life. Christian biologists, Jewish biologists, Muslim biologists, Hindu biologists, Buddhist biologists; Australian, Bolivian and Chinese biologists; 99% of them believe it is the best explanation. Yes, it is only a theory. Planetary motion - the theory that the earth went around the sun, not vice versa - was only a theory for a long time. Some people still don't believe it. Their eyes tell them differently.

Species don't evolve at the same rate and they don't all have to evolve. Alligators, to take one example, haven't changed much for 40 million years. The ones that were 50 feet long have become extinct, but the normal 14-footers are still there in the swamps, hoping men don't shoot them to use their hides for shoes. They didn't have to worry about that 3 million years ago. We humans are at the top of the heap today, either because we evolved or God liked us better than He did the alligators. Either way, we can make tools better than any other species.

Your question has been answered, hundreds of times, by people more versed in biology than I. It gets answered ever week here at YA.

If you are truly curious, ask your minister to give you a short, reasoned explanation of evolution. If he says he can't because it is wrong, he is as ignorant as those monarchists I mentioned above.

Answer 6

IN evolution, generally the foregoing state does not totally die out. A mutation of some of the specimen takes place which takes them into a higher stage of evolution, leaving other specimen un-mutated.
Consider that the human race is STILL undergoing evolution, and that amongst humans, there are some still with the education (and not seeking more) of a monkey and others with an interest in scientific information. The latter, of course, are hard to convince of a religious theorem which is based on out-dated information.

Answer 7

Well in the theory of evolution it is entirely possibl that certain species of monkeys changed into humans. Consider the vast amounts of species in what we consider dogs. There are hundreds if not thousands of species of dogs. If one type of monkey evolved into humans, all the others could be kept entirely the same while one species changed to what we see today. Pink hairless chimps with big brains.

Answer 8

Man did not come from monkeys. Both evolved separately. This is a common misconception. Men and monkeys only share a common ancestor.

Answer 9

Little cranky this morning?

The monkeys still excist because they like being monkeys and throw their shiit around every chance they get.
They hold on to their stage of evolution with all their might....

Answer 10

Humans didn't evolve from monkeys. Humans and monkeys evolved from a common ancestor.
And this is only the billionth time this has been asked on here.

Answer 11

The reason why there is still monkeys is because they are gods unwanted children. The ones who evolved from monkeys are those once god loves the most. Except for psychopaths, and any one who is mentally unstable. Oh, and the dirty apes, gorillas, and chimps, and baboons, and monkeys.