why are there no Neanderthal men still in existence but there are still monkeys?

Question

If something evolves, the original from which it evolves from doesnt die out, right?

well how did we lose all those other "steps" in our process to the way we are now.. except monkeys?

for anne.. correction apes...

i see alot of you are telling me i am ignorant, yet you cant tell me an answer?

i have NO problem with evolution. i simply wish to understand it, and see how others understand it.

and contrary to what some of you seam to think: i dont believe in the bible.

Answer 1

The premise you state is false. If something (such as birds0 evolved from dinosaurs you certainly wouldn't expect to see dinosaurs walking around.

The idea is that a new species evolves OVER TIME when the old species isn't doing so well. The old ones tend to die out, though not always. If there is still enough food and breeding / foraging range and both the old and new species can "make it OK", then they might survive.

Second, no one seriously believes that monkeys are an intermediate step in human evolution, so if you are arguing against that, you are fighting a paper tiger. The current theory is that both humans and other primates had a common ancestor a VERY long time ago, around 2.5 million years ago. This conclusion is based in part on comparative anatomy and comparison of DNA samples from living species (for instance, human and chimp DNA are 98% similar).

Evolution is a theory, and as such should stand up reasonably well to challenges without resorting to unverifiable assertions about its truth or falsehood. The same should hold true of competing world views on "how we got here".

Good luck in your research.

Answer 2

Man did not evolve from monkeys. Humans evolved from a ape LIKE creature. Neanderthals evolved into humans. If, as many religions say, god created man about 5,000 years ago how do you account for the fact human remains dating back 30,000 years have been found. The New World was being settled 15,000 years ago. There is indisputable proof of this. Instead of reading the bible and thinking that fiction is the truth read some educated material that has intelligent proof. See how an egg gets fertilized and EVOLVES into a human. The way your thinking makes it, a man fertilizes the egg and Poof a little person is there and waits 9 months to come out.
To quote you," If something evolves, the original from which it evolves from doesn't die out, right?" Yes the original does die out, that's the point of evolution. If god created all living things why is it only man worships him? Because we are the only creature who can create god.

Answer 3

Because there is no such thing as evolution. With all of the species that are being killed off every single day doesn't it stand to reason that since no transitional fossils have been found that the neanderthals were just a species of ape that went extinct. My explanation is clearly more plausible than evolution. Species are being killed off or dying out all the time. Many of those species die without our ever having discovered they were alive because their habitat is in a remote area of the rain forest or in the deep depths of the ocean. You can choose to believe in something that no one has ever witnessed occur and we have no actual proof is happening at all. I however choose to believe that something that we have seen happening, caused to happen, and have record of happening for centuries is the obvious explanation. Evolution can have all of the complicated timelines and fabricated evidence in the world but you just can't beat common sense.

Answer 4

Sometimes the prototype species die out, and sometimes they don't -- there may or may not be a suitable ecological niche remaining for the prototype. In the case of humankind, the prototypes (which were not monkeys, but a form of ape -- there is a difference) are long gone. But there are several ape species that remain. It may be that the Neanderthals are gone because H. sapiens killed them off. A recent Scientific American examines the human family, and I commend it to your attention. (Just in case you weren't aware, evolution has been established science for a hundred years because it gives correct answers, and is now a proven fact.)

Answer 5

Neanderthal man was a genetic off chute of modern day human, they exsisted the same time as our ancestors and because we were smarter, we stole all their food and even killed them. The first human recorded genocide. evolution is a rough process and its not so cut and dry about where we came from nature tried all different varieties, ours and the monkeys seemed to survive and evolve the best.

Answer 6

No. Most branches on the phylogenetic tree end in extinction, but there is no requirement that they do. All livings creatures represent the rare exceptions. Monkeys are distant relatives. The lesser apes are closer. The great apes ranging from the orangutans (most distant), to the gorillas, to the chimps (closest living relatives) show the varying degrees of relatedness. None of them are past steps. These are all modern creatures. descended from common ancestors.

Answer 7

neanderthals were adapted to colder climates, which are no longer very widespread. also, though they are suited to cold climates, it appears as though our species out-competed them for food even in these colder climates because of our superior hunting skills

monkeys, however, still have a nitch in the jungles all over the world, where there is plenty of food and competition won't force them to extinction

their nitch is shrinking rapidly thanks to deforestation and desertification, and there might not be any more monkeys around much longer

Answer 8

Haven't you seen the GEICO caveman? Seriously, if something evolves, each generation is different. After a while the original does not exist. Survival of the fittest explains it.

Answer 9

I suspect that Neanderthalism is a 'winter adaptation' of OUR race. If you look at the various human body types, many modern European homo sap's look a LOT like H. Neanderthal. We'll know more once Global Warming kicks into high gear.

Answer 10

Neanderthal men weren't actually our ancestors, they evolved from a different species of ape. Our ancestors live at the same time as the Neanderthals, we were more intelligent and survived better, not to mention killed Neanderthals as well.