Isn't the planet of the apes real?

Question

Humans are a branch of the ape family through evolution and we've virtually taken over the planet, so the planet of the apes does exist

Answer 1

Don't be too sure that we are the dominant species on the planet.

We may *think* so, because we are naturally inclined to see members of the same species, and to think we're "all that." We tend to think (as humans) that the measure of dominance is what humans do ... we build cities, and monuments, and write love poetry.

But the insects have us *way* beat as far as sheer numbers of individuals, numbers of species, existence in a wider range of habitats, ability to lift weights, and the ability to spit. They were here before we were, and will be here long after we are gone.

So ... "Planet of the Bugs"?

But all the animals, plants, fungi, put together don't even come close to the one-celled organisms. Most life on this planet is one-celled ... and they were here long before the insects, and may even be here long after they are gone.

So perhaps we should call it "Planet of the Germs."

Answer 2

Ape like creatures have accomplished our point of intelligence! right here! we are apes! however the respond isn't any. There may be, in certainty there just about somewhat is, smart existence someplace else interior the universe, however the probabilities of it corresponding to primates are vanishingly small. Steve Gould, in his e book superb existence, factors out that if evolution have been rewound and re-run in the international, there's no way it would arise with us, or maybe mammals a 2d time, there are in straight forward terms some many variables, such quite some determination paths.

Answer 3

Not exactly, Humans evolved from an ape-like ancestor - not the apes, they evolved from the same source. Paleoanthropology links the species to which you and all other living human beings on this planet belong to - Homo sapiens - to a small, relatively isolated population of early humans evolved into modern Homo sapiens, and that this population succeeded in spreading across Africa, Europe, and Asia -- displacing and eventually replacing all other early human populations as they spread.

In this scenario the variation among modern populations is a recent phenomenon. Part of the evidence to support this theory comes from molecular biology, especially studies of the diversity and mutation rate of nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA in living human cells.From these studies an approximate time of divergence from the common ancestor of all modern human populations can be calculated. This research has typically yielded dates around 200,000 years ago.

The oldest fossil evidence for anatomically modern humans is about 130,000 years old in Africa, and there is evidence for modern humans in the Near East sometime before 90,000 years ago. Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species, Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man" or "knowing man") in the family Hominidae (the great apes). However, the group was restricted to humans and their extinct relatives, with the other great apes being placed in a separate family, the Pongidae.

Hominini is the tribe of Homininae that only includes humans (Homo), chimpanzees (Pan), and their extinct ancestors. Members of the tribe are called hominins. Through DNA comparison, scientists believe they have determined that the Pan/Homo split happened about 5 to 7 million years ago.

Homininae is a subfamily of Hominidae, including Homo sapiens and some extinct relatives, as well as the gorillas and the chimpanzees. It comprises all those hominids, such as Australopithecus, that arose after the split from the other great apes (of which orangutans are the only surviving group).

Discoveries indicate that gorillas and chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than they are to orangutans, hence their current placement in Homininae. Hominoid taxonomy has had several changes in the classification of apes in recent years. The subfamily Homininae can be further subdivided into the tribes Gorillini (gorillas) and Hominini (chimpanzees and humans).

So we developed from a common ancestor, however, when it comes to dominating the planet, we are outnumbered by volume by the insects who really dominate the land, but if you go on domination, then it is the alge who come out as the top species on this planet, dwarfing us humans.

Answer 4

yeah i guess it is because we come from an ape family so does the others but they might envole to a smarter kind of ape

Answer 5

sure...or you could call it planet of the humans and sound a little less crazy.

Answer 6

in a way, i guess your right. Good point.

Answer 7

I fancy a banana...

Answer 8

ah NO! your so crazy.

Answer 9

Whatever and thanks for 2 points