2007-03-11 01:40:17 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Horses catch up with you pretty quickly, I've noticed.
2007-03-11 01:43:46 · answer #1 · answered by Father Dougal McGuire 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mI Think eventually the other species will get ore advanced but not to the level Of us humans because we are the most advanced creatures on earth, Yet The Chimps/ Monkeys Are Like Billions Of Years Behinds Us We Evolved Why Cant They?
2007-03-11 09:44:54 · answer #2 · answered by [E]mpti-[N]ess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The human species (Homo Sapiens sapiens) started its existence between 110 000 and 50 000 years ago. Its development diverged from the apes about 5 million years ago.
The earth has been capable of supporting life for about 3 billion years, and is expected to continue being able to support life for about 5 billion years in the future. Thus if we view the period of being able to support life as 24 hours, then we are now about 9 o'clock in the morning, humans diverged from the apes about a minute ago and the human species started to exist 1-2 seconds ago.
The average life span of a species on earth is a few million years. Every year, thousands of species cease to exist and thousands of new species are created.
2007-03-11 09:48:56 · answer #3 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that kind of race. The prize is survival and to get it, you have to have a place at the table.
Humans are not so much advanced, in evolutionary terms, just different. In lots of ways we require the so called "lower" forms of life to exist, or we wouldn't.
It really is like a chimps tea party. Everybody is jostling each other to sit at the table and trying to find new tricks to get a better seat. The best way to keep your seat, is to be part of the food everybody is trying to eat -half in a chair and half on a dinner plate.
2007-03-12 08:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by 👑 Hypocrite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different organisms are good at different things. Humans have already eliminated any related species such as Neanderthals who might have tried to live our way of life. Bacteria actually evolve much faster than we do, with a new generation in as little as 20 minutes, and are very good at what they do.
2007-03-12 12:42:20 · answer #5 · answered by Charles D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution as far as humans are concerned is a scientific theory not a fact. Mainly due to the inability of scientists to come up with the 'missing link'. I am not questioning the theory just pointing out that is all it is at the moment.
2007-03-11 15:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are we really that advanced? All we have is an advanced understanding of tools and how to adapt our environment. How are we to know exactly how an animal thinks or feels, and whether it is in a more advanced way than us? We will never really understand an animal's point of view, so we can never really understand how it thinks and feels.
'Primitive' and 'Advanced' are words defined by our society, and they are only given a context by us.
2007-03-11 11:18:45 · answer #7 · answered by Tom J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A more important question is: If evolution is an ongoing process, why are there still primitive forms of life? Shouldn't they have "evolved" by now? "Lower primates" should be no more by now.
2007-03-11 09:48:50 · answer #8 · answered by Joel Sean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way we humans tend to go backwards on so many things... like using our intelligence like a weapon instead of a tool I'd say many have already caught up and some have surpassed us!
2007-03-11 10:15:47 · answer #9 · answered by Robin B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There can be only one dominant species on earth at one time. When us humans kill ourselves off like we are destined to do, another species of animal will begin to develop into earths most intellingent, therefore dominant species.
2007-03-11 09:47:21 · answer #10 · answered by DuelMooseMan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says animals are the ones who need to catch up? They were here before us and will probably still be here when we're gone.
2007-03-11 09:44:34 · answer #11 · answered by Finbarr D 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋