If evolution is true??

Question

Then why are there still monkeys?

Just trying to figure this evolution theory out.
And, I don't have additional details, sorry to dissapoint :(

Christian.

Why are you guys targeting me?? It was just a simple question, I'm just trying to find all the facts, and try to fit them together.

As you say that Christians try to make u believe in God w/out proof, I don't see any difference here!

Why are you guys targeting me?? It was just a simple question, I'm just trying to find all the facts, and try to fit them together.

As you say that Christians try to make u believe in God w/out proof, I don't see any difference here!

Why are you guys targeting me?? It was just a simple question, I'm just trying to find all the facts, and try to fit them together.

As you say that Christians try to make u believe in God w/out proof, I don't see any difference here!

Why are you guys targeting me?? It was just a simple question, I'm just trying to find all the facts, and try to fit them together.

As you say that Christians try to make u believe in God w/out proof, I don't see any difference here!

P.S. I have 2 different comps, this is the only one that lets me add details.

Sorry for all the repeats, i guess it's a sign of inpatience lol.

Answer 1

Because evolution is a highly complex form of survival, it creates multple paths upon which an organism will evolve, it's like some apes turned monkey, some human it depended on requirements, environment and food availability]

Light, Love and Peace

Answer 2

>If evolution is true??
>Then why are there still monkeys?

Because no ecological force (a change in climate or water sources or plant life or whatever) has caused them to die out. This is how evolution works: Anything that can go on surviving in the world will, and only that which is no longer able to survive dies out. The presence of humans does not automatically make all monkeys die out, nor do all monkeys suddenly change into humans all at once or anything like that. It is possible for a species to diverge (often because of isolation, for example of some of the species gets trapped on a remote island) and become two separate species, and this is what happened some millions of years ago to the ancestors of modern primates: Some species diverged into two separate species one of which became modern monkeys and the other of which became modern humans (of course there were other diversions later as well, for example the last common ancestor of humans and gorillas would have been more recent than the last common ancestor of humans and monkeys). The idea that monkeys evolved into humans is actually somewhat flawed; more properly, both humans and monkeys both evolved from something else which may or may not have been like a modern monkey.

Answer 3

The idea of evolution meaning that man descended from monkeys is a misconception. The old idea of monkey to man has been disproved by science and is no longer the accepted model of evolution. The currently accepted theory is that man is descended from a group of bipedal primates called hominids. Monkeys are one "branch" of this family tree if you want to look at it that way. Rather than looking at us as a direct descendant of monkeys - think of them as one branch of a very complicated family tree. Just like with your fourth and fifth cousins - you share some similarities but also have many differences. Evolution simply means species change over time to adapt to changing environments. Humans are still evolving due to scientific and medical advances. When people understand what evolution teaches they will be less afraid of its implications.
I am a Christian AND a science teacher and I feel perfectly comfortable co-existing in both worlds. My faith does not preclude believing in evolution.

Answer 4

Beware of the haters...they are out in force today, for some reason.
They will tell you that men and monkeys both evolved from a "common ancestor" What they neglect to tell you is that they don't have a clue what this "common ancestor" might have been, they have no fossil records of this "common ancestor", and they have absolutely no idea what happened to this "common ancestor"....
Don't ask them these questions, though. They really hate having to think about these things. It is so much easier for them just to take someone else's word for it.

Answer 5

Because man did not evolve for monkey's. Man evolved from a an ape like creature. Monkey's are a distant relative of ours though.

You would be doing your self a favor and burn your bible and go to a library read some science books. Bibles fill your head with silly fairytales. Science fills your head with the truth.

Answer 6

I checked your profile, in the hope of finding that this question was a joke.

But your comments about the human eye also display mis-statements and unwarranted assumptions and conclusions.
(I am an optometrist)

In neither case: eyes alone or humans as a whole, have you grasped what evolutionary science is saying.

The complexity of the human eye is not proof of design (Its most definite flaws could be taken as evidence of lack of design!)

No evolutionary scientist suggests we evolved from monkeys (Or even apes!) and no evolutionary scientist considers the existence of other mammals a problem. In fact the lack of them might be more surprising.

Answer 7

The modern theory of evolution is based on two primary tenets:
All living things are related to one another to varying degrees through common decent (share common ancestors), have developed from other species, and all life forms have a single common ancestor.
The origin of a new species results from random heritable genetic mutations (changes), some of which are more likely to spread and persist in a gene pool than others. Mutations that result in an advantage to survive and reproduce are more likely to be retained and propagated than mutations that do not result in a survival to reproduce advantage.
"In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection." Charles Darwin

Answer 8

That's like saying: "If children come from parents, why are there still parents?"


You are doing the exact same thing as everybody who is confronted with a theory they do not want to believe:
First you distort the theory as if it claims a certain thing (which in fact it DOESN'T), then you call it silly for claiming such a silly thing.

Evolution never claimed people come from monkeys, that is your idea. Evolution is not wrong because you falsely claim nonsense in its name.

Answer 9

We have seen fish that were closed up in dark caves loose their sight and gain other senses in only a few of their generations and their counterparts that are under the sun still can see. So your argument doesn't hold water - do some more research and less self indoctrination.

Answer 10

Natural Selection.
For example...
At one point in time, a land had 1 species of squirrel.
The land was split by a flood or something (I truly don't remember) and the squirrels were separated.
One group "evolved" into a now total different species of squirrel.
The other group was not effected because they did not need to adapt to the different environment.