If we evolved from monkeys why are there still monkeys?

Question

Why in the world do people still believe in evolution when
this question destroys it!!
John 3:16 has all the answers!

I'M A WARRIOR FOR CHRIST!

Answer 1

We didn't 'evolve from monkeys' - if you have any understanding of evolutionary biology at all you’d be able to tell that the question makes no sense – humans and monkeys have both evolved from a common ancestor approximately 40 million years ago.

Rephrased in these terms it would be like you saying 'If I had a common grandfather with my cousin, why do my cousins still exist?'

You see? Phrased like that you begin to see the holes in the theory – the assumption that human kind are the 'point' of evolution - only religious people make that mistake. The question is probably more devastating when asked to a religious person – if we were all created why are there monkeys? They can’t explain the purpose of an animal other than man which is not man’s food or servant because they believe the Universe was made for them only.

Neo-darwinists can easily explain why there are other animals, because that’s just what you’d expect to see, with branching trees that show evolutionary relationships and these are of course, genetic relationships. What do you think it means to say that you’re a mammal? It means you have a common ancestor with all other mammals more than 200,000,000 years ago! You might as well ask if we came from dust, why is there still dust? If you’re honest with yourself, it’s easy to see which theory of our origins is based on reality and which is a merely a pre-scientific allegory from bronze-age humans. Science doesn’t ask you for any faith. Go to a museum, examine the evidence for yourself. Draw whatever conclusions you think make sense and be critical.

Biologists have understood and accepted since Victorian times that we're not the destined pinnacle of evolutionary adaptation, just an unexpected adaptation, one minor twig on the branch that is Mammalia. The Universe may not have a purpose for us, but we can make our own.

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Answer 2

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 3

As stated before this question has been asked and answered may times. One question I have is why can't you believe in the teachings of the Bible and believe in evolution. Why couldn't God make people evolve into what we are today? If you look at the logic all animals evolve why is the "human animal" any different?

Answer 4

a million. We did no longer evolve from monkeys. We stepped forward from a uncomplicated ancestor with the apes. 2. All evolutionary differences are, are adaptions. it relatively is it. enable's say there have been Chimps in Africa and Chimps in Europe. enable's say there replaced right into a climate substitute in Africa. faster or later the Chimps in Africa ought to be seen a diverse species after adequate evolutionary differences ensue. those in Europe might nevertheless be changing at a common %.. 3. we can't evolve back into something. I haven't any theory the place the hell you obtain this fantasy from.

Answer 5

Monkeys, apes and humans evolved from common ancestors which no longer exist. In other words, humans did not evolve from monkeys according to evolution, despite what you have been told. You should really find out what it is you are opposing if you want taken seriously.

Answer 6

Monkeys are cute. I don't want to live in a world without monkeys and apes and all the simians. They add to the biodiversity and help us understand animals similar to us, but removed enough from us that we can have some perspective.

If you're a warrior for Christ, you need to work on your strategy. Christ wouldn't want an unprepared warrior, now, would he?

Answer 7

If there are dogs why there are still wolves?
because monkeys are not a close relative to man.
And because there must be a reason for their extinction.

John hasn't any answer .
Your answer is in your Brain and in the Knowledge of our days.
John was waiting for a messiah. John didn't had the knowledge that you have.
USE YOUR BRAIN AND BE LOGICAL AND DONT BE A PSYCHOTIC MAN.

Answer 8

A different species of monkeys I guess. I am all for evolution. What about Adam and Eve, If they were the first ones on earth,then what happened next? Did their kids do it with each other to create more? That is a question I would like to know.

Answer 9

Yes, why? Although I do know a few monkeys that have more common sense then a lot of people. Maybe they evolved from us.

Answer 10

lol, what a stupid question. For one thing, "we" broke away from monkey's (i.e., quit breeding with) around 6,000,000 years ago. This means that in the last 6,000,000 years they have had a chance to breed and humans (actually, the race that became humans) had a chance to breed. So, there goes your theory.

By the way, the only thing separating humans and Chimps are less than 400 genes (that's right 1.5% difference in genetics) in fact, in the first few months THERE IS NO WAY to detect a difference in fetuses in utereo.