If humans came from monkeys, then why are there still monkeys?

Question

I'm just curious, for those who stress on this argument, when we say "MONKEY", what sort of primate does come to mind?

A> Monkey. The one with the long tail and all,
B> Orang Utan
C> Chimpanzee
D> Gorilla,
E> Red-butt baboon,
F> Blue-butt baboon,
G> Gibbons
H> Others?

*facepalm*

I'm asking those who doesn't believe in Evolution damnit, I want to know what sort of monkey that they disaproved.

Oh Hell forget it, no one reads the fine detail anymore.

I just HAD to post such a popular question to gain some attention >_>

Answer 1

Man, monkey, ape, orang utan, gorrilla, chimpanzee and the like all happens to have the same ancestors. Man just happen to get to be smarter than them, but quite a few like you are dumber than them. Guess we have to live with it.

Answer 2

Well our closest living relative is the chimpanzee, and it still exists because our monkey ancestors had to evolve, and the chimpanzees ancestors didnt.

As you know, evolution is a random process. When certain members of a species evolve, others dont. This is when survival of the fittest comes into play. The members who have evolved will survive, and the others will either die or move to another place where they dont have to evolve to survive.

For example, giraffs evolved their long necks to eat the leaves on the trees. But before this, their necks were short. One day a giraffe was born with a longer neck. This giraffe could not only eat the delicious grass, but also had the advantage of reaching plants a little higher off the ground, unlike the others, who could only eat the grass and low-to-the-ground plants. One day the day came where the giraffes exausted all of their reachable food sources, and the evolved giraffe was the only one who could still survive. So, the other giraffes moved to where there was more reachable food, and the evolved giraffe stayed and mated with the other giraffes who stayed. The evolved giraffes offspring also inherited the trait of a long neck, and they too survived. Soon there was a whole new group of long-necked giraffes. The other non-evolved giraffes didnt evolve or keep any traits that they happened to evolve, because they kept moving to places where they could reach their food sources easily.

Although all giraffes have long necks now, because Africa is a hard place for a herbavore to survive, i think you should be able to understand how monkeys and humans exist at the same time.

if you need any further explaining, please, feel free to post some more details. I'll be happy to tell you exactly how monkeys and humans exist at the same time.

Answer 3

"If human comes from monkey why are there still monkeys?!!?" And if English is derived from German, then how come so many people in Germany rarely speak to each other in English? And if Christianity is derived from Judaism, how come Woody Allen isn't a Catholic? "i think it is not true that human comes from monkey." So what? Reality isn't dependent upon your opinion. Update "According to the survival of the fittest, the monkeys should have died and gone extinct by the time the humans dominated the area." What a pathetic sentence based on rank ignorance. Update 2 "i love how the stupid question on the Bio category gets all the answers from the Bio top contributers but the REAL Bio questions get nothing or 1 answer if were lucky!" Then demonstrate how things should be done, Alex. Provide those answers to "REAL Bio questions". Nobody's stopping you.

Answer 4

Go read any scientific journal on evolution before asking such a stupid question. NOWHERE will you find it says "humans came from monkeys", and no evolutionary biologist will ever say that...your bible toting preacher might have said that, but he is plain ignorant. We have a common ancestor....I didn't know we had people this ignorant on this planet. I'll even save you the work of finding a site to go research (since you are obviously too lazy to read about a subject you clearly know nothing about), http://talkorigins.org

Cheers

Answer 5

Those who come up with that disingenuous argument fail to notice that house cats, lions, pumas, sabre tooth cats, ocelots, etc have a common ancestor and except for the sabre tooth, are still around because they fill an ecological niche and are adapted for their environment, hence are successful and evolved passing their genes to make more cats, pumas, etc. Idiots.

Same with humans. We share a common ancestor, see zebras on animal planet, ride horses, (who share a common ancestor). To presume the human form is the ultimate culmination of evolution (like Island of Dr Moreau) is incorrect. Whatever suits the environment and inhances the odds of survival to pass those genes is plenty advantageous. Bacteria do fine without brains as do spiders, squids, etc. It is only human vanity that presumes we are the ultimate outcome of evolution or creation. If there was a true intelligent designer, "he" could do better. Ask anyone with back problems.

To the doofus that gave me a thumbs down refute my argument with something other than a tired bronze age text filled with fairy tales and false history.

Answer 6

Right you are still here,

ones who are quick to call others out of their names.

You , the primates that come to mind is the ,

Shaved Monkeys from Europe.

Answer 7

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 8

This is not what evolution says. It says that we (monkeys, humans) share a common ancestor. Keep in mind that sentience and human cognition do not represent some high point of the evolution chain (despite our human arrogance). The species and their capabilities result simply from what's more advantageous to the environment.

Answer 9

Humans didn't come from monkeys, silly. We ,and all other primates, just happened to have the same ancestors from millllllions of years ago. Monkeys evolved into different species,and we are trying to evolve into two distinct ,different species;Dumb, and like you, dumber.

Answer 10

Is a blue butt baboon the scientific binomial designation or the local popular name?

I always called them "big swollen-a$s monkey f*ckers"