evolution of man?

Question

if people believed man evolved from apes thousands of years ago,why are apes still in existance

Answer 1

In zoology class in college I was told that we share a "common ancestor" with chimpanzees.
Experts agree that humans split off from a common ancestor with chimpanzees several million years ago and that gorillas and orangutans split off much earlier. But it is difficult to date precisely when, although most recent studies have put the date at about 5 million to 7 million years ago.

Answer 2

Evolution is a branching process; it is not a linear process. Species diverge from one another; typically a small population becomes isolated from a larger population and forms a new species. The ancestral population/species may also evolve and does not necessarily become extinct (in the case of the great apes an ancestral species gave rise to several distinct lineages, many of which became extinct).

Answer 3

Well, we evolved from apes hundreds of thousands of years ago. The apes we evolved from are different from the apes of today. That is why the apes of today are considered "cousins".

Answer 4

My ancestors came from Ireland hundreds of years ago, yet there are still people in Ireland. It's pretty much the same concept.

Answer 5

Fool! Now ask that the wolves were ancestors of dogs and why they are still existing.

Answer 6

Please try to find a new argument once in a while. You creationists are getting quite tiresome with the same, easily refuted excuses for arguments from design. I am too disgusted with your intellectual feebleness to refute your argument any further than it has already been refuted by other answerer's.

Answer 7

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