If we came from monkeys, why..........?

Question

don't we have short tails?

I see the monkey question twice on same page so...........?

Answer 1

* Evolution * That's the point of it, change... we look different than thousands years ago.

Edit: Ah, and as I read in a previous answer, the tailbone tells you something?

Answer 2

Hey dork, we didn't 'come' from monkeys. We descended from apes, not monkeys. We share a last common ancestor with apes, genius. Geez, why dont you religious people actually take a class on some of this stuff so you can hear how stupid you are.

Answer 3

In biology, evolution is the change in a population's inherited characteristics or traits from generation to generation. These traits are encoded as genes that are copied and passed on to offspring during reproduction. Random changes in these genes can produce new or altered traits, resulting in differences between organisms. Evolution occurs when these different traits become more common or rare in a population. This can occur by simple genetic drift (random diffusion), or as a result of natural selection, where certain heritable traits are being propagated differentially due to their effect on fitness.

Through natural selection, organisms with heritable traits that help them to survive and reproduce tend to have more offspring. In doing so, they will pass more copies of these beneficial traits on to the next generation. This leads to advantageous traits becoming more common in each generation, while disadvantageous traits become rarer.[1][2][3] Over time, this process can result in varied adaptations to changing environmental conditions.[4] As differences in and between populations accumulate, new species can evolve. All known species are descended from a single ancestor through this process of gradual divergence.[1][5][6]

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first put forth in detail in Charles Darwin's 1859 book On the Origin of Species. In the 1930s, Darwinian natural selection was combined with Mendelian inheritance to form the modern evolutionary synthesis.[4] With its enormous explanatory and predictive power, this theory has become the central organizing principle of modern biology, providing a unifying explanation for the diversity of life on Earth.[

Answer 4

some people are actually born w/ a short tail. I can't remember what it's called. Go ask a doc., he'll tell ya. Not often publicized for obvious reasons.
look here: www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section2.html
(also variously known as "coccygeal process", "coccygeal projection", "caudal appendage", and "vestigial tail"

Answer 5

Also, if we came from monkeys, then why are there still monkeys? Did some of them just choose not to evolve because they just enjoyed being able to masturbate in public, and throw their poop at one another too much?

Answer 6

For the same reason that our appendix no longer serves a purpose; over the course of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, we lost what we no longer needed.

Answer 7

People believe in different stories. Life goes on. The mystery stays unproven. We'll all die one day. Little things can drive you crazy.

Answer 8

You have a long tail. Speak for yourself.

Answer 9

We aren't monkeys, we are related to them. We don't have everything they have and vice versa.

Answer 10

according to the nonsense of the bible, adam and eve only had two sons. cain killed abel.

so one had to have enjoyed friendly apes.

hence evolution ( ha )

we are waiting for the x-tians to evolve.