You evolutionist's: what happened the the creature in the middle between monkeys and people?

Question

Can you people who do not believe G-d please tell me what you think happened to the creature between monkeys and humans. Do you think monkeys and humans were smart enough to survive, but that the creatures in the middle of the evolutionary prosess were just to dumb to make it. Or did evolution just "jump" from monkeys to people. I really seriously want to know what you think happened. Thank you in advance for your answers.

Answer 1

I believe that evolution is the way that we see how God "creates", and that "missing links" and such are part of the divine creation that we do not understand.

Secular evolution believers would call those "mutations" that occurred by chance, creating a new species that survived better.

Answer 2

We do not think that people evolved from monkeys, but that monkeys and people share a common ancestor. Monkeys and humans are of the same genus, derive from the same ancestor, yet evolved differently. Evolution is a slow process and never jumped. It took a long time to get from early primate to humans and monkeys. The missing links are the creatures that came before us in the evolutionary chain that have not yet been found. If you have any other questions e-mail me. You can do this through my account.

Answer 3

The Ry guy was on the right track. When a portion of a species gets separated from the rest of its kin and then adapts to a new environment, it changes over time. Eventually the changes will be so great that the two species will not be able to interbreed. This is how different species form generally. You cannot look at existing animals and suggest that is what we evolved from. Take chimps for example. Chimps are our closest relatives and us split from us 5 to 6 million years ago in the way I explained above. This chimp human common ancestor was bipedal (two legged) like us but had a chimp sized brain. The chimp line went on to developer knuckle-walking whereas the human line eventually grew greater intelligence. It is a misnomer to assume that we are significantly different from other apes such as chimps and gorillas. In fact we share far more than I am sure you are willing to accept. I believe these theories are true but I don't suggest there is no god. I certainly don't know His form or character and I don't think anyone else does either.

Answer 4

I'm a Christian who knows that Evolution does not say that humans came from monkey or ape ancenstors. Evolution says that humans and apes have a common ancestor, much like you and your cousins have a common ancestor (your grandparents). Just to make sure you saw that.

Evolution does not say humans came from monkeys.
Evolution does not say humans came from monkeys.
Evolution does not say humans came from monkeys.
Evolution does not say humans came from monkeys.
Evolution does not say humans came from monkeys.
Evolution does not say humans came from monkeys.

So there is no intermediate form between monkeys and humans. There is a form from which humans and monkeys branched off from some time in the distant past, and we have fossil records of little guys like that. Also, the idea that smarts had something to do with human evolution is a severe misunderstanding of the processes involved. Not that intelligence wasn't important, but the picture is a bit more complicated than that.

Answer 5

Your question is very simplistic and uninformed. There is no "creature" "between" monkeys and people. Humans and primates evolved from a common ancestor. Apes branched off into one direction, humans into another. We evolved over millions of years. Some earlier humans like Neanderthals were evolutionary dead ends, others continued to evolve into modern humans. There are some excellent books on the subject, try "Becoming Human" by Ian Tattersall.

Answer 6

Evolutionist do not believe that people came from monkeys just that life forms evolve and advance as time goes on. In fact we believe that monkeys evolved from a lower life form.Most life forms do not survive but exist for a time then die out as the environment changes. About 90% of the species that have lived no longer exist.

Answer 7

we do not imagine that individuals stepped ahead from monkeys, yet that monkeys and people percentage a effortless ancestor. Monkeys and individuals are of an similar genus, derive from an similar ancestor, yet stepped ahead in the different case. Evolution is a slow technique and through no skill jumped. It took a lengthy time period to get from early primate to human beings and monkeys. The lacking links are the creatures that were given the following earlier us contained interior the evolutionary chain which have not yet been found. once you've the diverse questions e-mail me. you should do this by my account.

Answer 8

Well... there was actually one type primate in the beginning which belonged to the parvorder Catarrhini(Old world Monkeys). From there these primates evolved into to a superfamily called Hominoidea. In this there are two familys- Hylobatidae and Hominidae. Hominidae is the group which humans and apes belong to and Hylobatidae is the group which monkeys belong. So the creature in the middle has probably evolved into either a type of monkey or us humans. (Come to think of it there is no creature in the middle!!)

Answer 9

Monkeys are modern creatures. Our common ancestor lived about 55 million years ago. If you want to discuss living creatures, the other apes sit between us and monkeys in terms of relatedness with the chimps closest. Anything closer is a human.

Meet our common ancestor:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1121_021121_PrimateOrigins.html

Answer 10

Imagine a small troop of chimp-like primates goes off to some remote niche. They interbreed with very little outside genetics for a few thousand years. Eventually they can no longer interbreed with their cousins. There are only a few hundred or so and they stay fairly isolated for thousands and thousands of years. There is no way we can expect to find many fossils of an animal with a small population like that.

So they either truned into other primates that are still around or they died out. That simple.

Think of how many millions upon millions of wildebeest are out there. Now imagine trying to find the bones of millions of wildebeest? Not gonna happen.

Answer 11

We didn't evolve from monkeys. We share a common ancestor with monkeys. You did not descend from your cousin; you both descended from your grandparents. If you want to know how evolution works, read a decent biology book about it. This is one of those questions that pops up constantly on here and proves nothing but that you didn't pay attention in class.