If humans evolved from monkeys, why are monkeys still here?

Question

Monkeys should be extinct if that were the case.

Very serious!

What did we evolve from then???

Can anyone give me a logical answer???

Answer 1

It's a good question, really. A lot of people here want to make fun of you for asking, because they've heard this question used as an arguement against evolution. I recommend, if you're really interested in an answer, that you read the link below. It's a wikipedia article on biological evolution, and covers the basics for you.

Answer 2

Humans evolved from a common ancestor with Apes. Way back when, about 15 million years ago, there was an Ape-like creature that both humans and apes decended from. Apes went one way on the evolutionary path, Humans went another. Monkeys split from us long before that, but that is neither here nor there. Around 6 milllion years ago, 9 million years after we split from apes, humans began to emerge. We didn't evolve from the monkeys you see today, monkes apes and humans all evloved from something monkey like.

Answer 3

The "monkeys" we evolved from are extinct and the "monkeys" that are around now are not the same species of Primate we evolved from... READ the evolutionary theory, don't just guess at what it says and stick to your Bible. God gave you a mind to think not to just blindly follow someone else's interpretation of an archaic book. Like I read here before (which I think was classic) if we came from dust, why is there still dust? HEHE...

Answer 4

Evolution is just minor mutation from one generation to another. Those that don't have any mutation won't evolve. Some monkeys mutated more than others. The monkeys that didn't mutated much are what we see today. Even these monkeys are not the same as the ones we both came from. There are small/minor mutation (evolution) going on everyday.

Answer 5

This question is ignorant of the fundamental concepts of evolution which is why you aren't getting the "logical answer" you want. Speciation takes place when one group diferentiates itself from another, it does not mean no group exists that wasn't similar to the original, or even that the original group doesn't still exist, just that the two no longer actively breed. Hell, the reason why we AREN'T monkies is because monkies are still around, a new species isn't formed when they freely exchange genetic material with the species they were formerly associated with, and a new species isn't formed if the changes take place unilaterally within all parts of a species (something which very rarely takes place, as usually not all members of a species have the geographic possibility of interbreeding, and as such the gene pool isn't homogenous.

Answer 6

I'm not sure if you understand how evolution works, but look not every single creature of every single species evolves. If we've got dogs, why do wolves still exist? If we've got cats, why to tigers still exist? I think someone used that same analogy already
Think about it this way: You've got 5 regular kids sitting in a room. One of them goes on to be a doctor. So, just because that kid went on to something else, does it mean the other four kids must also become doctors? Or, if they don't become doctors, surely they must not exist anymore, right? That's the sort of logic you're using. Just because one aspect moves on and changes doesn't mean that the entire connected group has to change as well

Answer 7

Humans and monkeys evolved from Carpolestes simpsoni.

The logical is common descent, not evolved from. By your reasoning, both your parents must have died when you were born. You need a lot more education than you can get on Y!A.

Answer 8

Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans are more closely related to modern apes than to monkeys, but we didn't evolve from apes, either. Humans share a common ancestor with modern African apes, like gorillas and chimpanzees. Scientists believe this common ancestor existed 5 to 8 million years ago. Shortly thereafter, the species diverged into two separate lineages. One of these lineages ultimately evolved into gorillas and chimps, and the other evolved into early human ancestors called hominids.

Answer 9

It's a popular misstatement that humans evolved from monkeys. The reality is that humans and other primates, such as monkeys, all evolved from the same ancestors. Those ancestors are long gone leaving only their disparate descendants.

Answer 10

Point 1: We did not evolve from monkies. Common ancestor for both of us.

Point 2: Evolution is not a linear process. Therefore, it is possible for a new species to evolve while the species it evolved from still exists in other ecosystems.