Evolutionist: If we evolved from simpler organisms, why aren't there any organisms simpler than us?

Answer 1

well, perhaps there are no organisms simpler than you, but there are vast quantites of lower species - right down to single cel amoebas.

Answer 2

It seems that relatively primitive cyanobacteria were the first and cells came later. When any living organism multiply then variations, tiny mistakes occur each time - so the descendants will be slightly different, not perfect copycats. Besides tiny natural mistakes at copying other factors (cosmic rays, radioactivity) might cause variance in genetic information. This is so even with bacteria. And then comes natural selection - the better will survive. "The better" means different things each time as circumstances change. Evolution is not that difficult to understand. What scientists don't know is how the first living organism(s) developed. It is much harder to give a proper answer to this question. Perhaps it had only natural causes, perhaps God created the first living being. I don't know if science will ever see clearly abut that. The really strange thing is that the POSSIBILITY of the enormous complexity of life, of living beings is already implicitly in the structure of the matter itself. What we should wonder is how the pieces of this puzzle were originally cut so that this picture of life could be created from them. All this information were already there, in a hidden way, written in the structure of atoms and the rules of physics and chemistry, before even Earth came to being. "Accidentally" is just a description of the "how", but it does not explain where all the information came from. So the question is why the world is so specially designed that we might be here.

Answer 3

In terms of biological complexity, I would like to think that mammals in general are somewhere higher up than the (dare I say simple...) slime moulds and single cell critters that inhabit the earth.

Your question makes no sense, seeing as it is quite clear that there are many different organisms, some more complex than others.

On a scale of mental simplicity though, one can only wonder when one looks around - especially on yahoo answers...

Answer 4

You are joking right?
We are the most complex organism (especially due to the complexity of our brains). EVERY other organism on this planet is simpler than homo sapiens.

Answer 5

~~~C L ,,,, Your question is a contradiction in terms. It is assumed that Human Beings are the most evolved Lifeform on the planet, thus rendering all others "simpler",,,

Answer 6

But there are simpler organisms out there:

http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/media_croppercapture7.jpg

Answer 7

mentally, some of us are simple while others are complicated as hell..... it just depends on which simple you mean..... simpler internally..... just look at a fish, no intelligence but then again you have the deliberatly stupid people and the world would make sense again.

Answer 8

What? I'm not sure I understand your question. As far as know we are one of the most complex organisms in existence.

Answer 9

WTF? Are you trying to parody creationists or something?

If you're going to argue against evolution, why not argue with some of the actual PROBLEMS in it, like the fitness of intermediate stages for survival?

Personally, I would have much more respect for any Artist who made something like this world via evolution, than just unceremoniously dumping it out of the void like Genesis says.

Answer 10

There are. It's called an amoeba - it has one cell. Put down the bible, pick up a biology book. It will change your life for the better.