If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

Answer 1

Because monkeys, apes and man use different niches on this planet. Different food, different territories. If they would all compete for the same territories and food sources, then monkeys and apes would probably have been extinct a long time ago.

Answer 2

Because if a family of a species evolves into something new that doesn't that the species as a whole has to evolve into the new species. Evolution occurs basically due to errors in the gene coding and "defects" in the chromosome when a species produces offspring. Evolution of monkeys and apes to humans is almost purely chance, in a sense. But that doesn't mean that all monkeys and apes would evolve into humans. It's likely that there were specific families and groups of primates that, because of them never breeding outside their group, were able to evolve continuously into humans without being disturbed by outside DNA and meeting. It's like how wolves have evolved into the common dog. Not all wolves evolved, just certain families (though of course humans played a part in speeding up the process by forcing them to selectively breed).

Answer 3

Or a more important conspiracy, if we bred dogs from wolves, why are there still wolves.
There are even more species of canines, some have been bred with dogs to produce different dogs.
Why don't dogs then vanish in a puff of smoke?
It is all just so confusing,.....Mummy.
I'm with you someone must be lying to us!

In the event that this is a genuine question, my apologies. The rant was aimed at a certain sector of society not you.
The answer is that like on a farm, breeding can produce different animals, but that doesn't mean the two parents are the only animals of their type.

Answer 4

We didn't evolve from the monkeys and apes around today. Humans, monkeys and apes have a common ancestor.

Answer 5

This question gets asked so often that some answerers in Religion & Science have made a drinking game of it - much like the TV show "Frasier", when Frasier, Niles and Martin all watched "Antiques Road Show" together. In the episode, every time someone said "veneer" they would all take a drink; Niles and Frasier of a fine wine, Martin of Raineer Ale. You may get some answers that say "Swig" or "Gulp" or "Thanks for the excuse to drink". That's what they mean. If you do a search on "still monkies", "still monkeys" and "still apes" you'll get roughly 2 - 3 per day since YA started.

Here is a short answer:

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.) I don't expect you to believe that, but if you try hard enough you can understand it.

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 (Monarchists are people who want to be ruled by a king or queen, not butterfly fanciers.) 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. One night on the "Saturday Night Live" TV show, Gilda Radner argued vehemently against the "Deaf Penalty", instead of the "Death Penalty". She looked absurd 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.

If you are truly curious, ask your minister to give you a short, reasoned explanation of evolution. Tell him you don't want to believe it, of course; you just want to understand it. If he says he can't because it is wrong, he is as ignorant as those monarchists I mentioned above.

Answer 6

Man, ape, and monkeys had a common ancestor and all evolved differently depending on the outside influences around them.

Answer 7

The same reason why Christians came from Jews and we still have Jews. (Not that Jews are a lesser species- I really see little difference between Jews and Christians, exclusive of silly Christians)

It is very clear from this question that you don't understand evolution in the slightest- no one who had a clue could ask such a question.

Not every species that has a species evolve out of it ceases to exist, although, in this case the common ancestor of modern man and modern monkies and apes actually is exinct.

However, I how you realize the contradiction of your question- monkeys and apes, themselves, share a common ancestor with each other but not us that is no extinct. By conceeding that monkeys and apes exist and are not the same thing, you are confirming your belief in a common ancestor for them....so why not for them and us?

I mean, are you unlike a monkey? I mean, I'm warm blooded, have hair, made milk when my son was a baby, gave birth through a vagina, and love my offspring- are you saying you don't have any traits like that?

Answer 8

And where is the evidence for this evolution you guys claim has happened?

The idea that man evolved from apes is a philosophical one (held on religious/atheistic grounds in many cases) not a scientific one supported by evidence.

The fact of the matter is that every fossil hominid that has ever been found is clearly human or clearly ape.
There have been plenty of fraudulent (or 'optimistic') claims - such as Piltdown man, java man, etc.

Humans were created separately from apes, which is why we are so very different!

Australopithecus is/was touted as a human ancestor - The Natural History Museum in London has a half-human brutish display of Lucy with human-like hand and feet. (Lucy was found with no hands or feet.) Unfortunately (for the truth) other australopithecene fossils have been found - with ape-like hands and feet. It's a shame that NHM continue to decieve the public.

Sadly many people are decieved into thinking that there is evidence for evolution.

If you want to know more about alleged ape ancestry of humans then check out some more of the actual facts for yourself.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3048/

Contrary to some of the patronising remarks above - it is actually a very good question. In comes as a surprise to evolutionists when they find a fossil of a frog say, which they believe is 100 million years old, yet looks identical to the frogs we have today. Evolutionists expect the ancestor creatures to have been different.

The evidence supports the creationists position. God created a wide variety of creatures which do not change into other kinds of creatures. They do undergo variation within their kinds via natural selection.

Answer 9

Because when anything evolves, the 1st species can either die or remain intact, there is just a new second species that came from the first one. Take the second semester of a college general biology class and you will learn all you ever want to know on this subject!!

Answer 10

We aren't evolved from monkeys and apes. They are our cousins. We have a common ancestor.

Your human cousins didn't disappear when you were born. (At least I don't think they did!)