If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why are there still monkeys and apes?

Answer 1

This question gets asked about thirty times a week, and has been answered hundreds of times already. Please search the Resolved Answers if you are actually curious.

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

We didn't evolve from monkeys and apes. Monkeys, apes, and humans all evolved from a common ancestor. Evolution is not like a ladder, where A evolves into B, which evolves into C, and so on.

I'm a Christian who believes in evolution... It really bugs me when people make uneducated arguments. Take a basic evolution course, or even a basic biology course. It's pretty simple and irrefutable.

Answer 4

we did not evolve from the apes we were planted here and bred ,by Aliens

,i think some people are evolving into apes
and humans did not evlove from the apes
all the post homo sapian humanoids lived at the same time in the same place ,and did not have millions of years between them as evolution would demand .

Many people today believe that we were cloned and genetically engineerd by the Anunaki as a slave race to mine thier gold
the reptilian brain in our heads is a souvenir of Anunaki genetics



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Answer 5

This is really poor and has become the ultimate creationist red herring. It has to do with geographic diversity and differing environmental pressures within different habitats leading to the development of different species. All monkeys aren't pre-programmed to become human and they fill the niche in the ecosystem that they are suited to.

Answer 6

you know, some people are just lazy...those monkeys/apes just haven't gotten around to evolving...

Answer 7

If Christians came from Jews, why are there still Jews?