if evolution is true how come monkeies still don't evolve into people today?

Question

My basic understanding of evoution is that humans evolved from monkies so if that's true why dont they still evolve into people today

Answer 1

"My basic understanding of evoution is that humans evolved from monkies"

If that is your basic understanding then *somebody* has done a TERRIBLE job of explaining evolution to you. That is the CARTOON version of evolution promoted actively by *anti*-evolution people ... not by the actual scientists. These creationists present an absurd version of evolution so that they can then call it absurd.

First (as others are saying) humans did not evolve "from" monkeys ... humans and monkeys share a common ancestor. That is a VERY different statement.

Second, monkeys are not "unevolved" humans. Monkeys are fully evolved monkeys.

Third, nowhere in evolution theory does it say that an existing species EVER evolves into another existing species. A species ALWAYS evolves into something that has never existed before.

Fourth, even if monkeys are evolving into something different (which they probably are), this would be far too slow to see "today" (as in, in your lifetime). You know how fast a tree grows? Imagine saying "if tree growth is true, how come that tree isn't growing taller today." Now realize that evolution is MUCH slower than tree growth.

It is no surprise that you have rejected evolution based on your current understanding. The version of evolution someone has taught you is absurd ... and you are smart enough to recognize it as absurd ... I only hope you are also smart enough to recognize when someone is feeding you misinformation.

Answer 2

Your basic understanding in incorrect.
Its the belief of many biologist that today's monkeys and humans are very distant related cousins (I use that word instead of a better one that I'm sure exist.)

In the evolutionary process, biologist think that men and monkeys had a common ancestor. Through the evolutionary process of natural selection, that ancestor began to change.
At some point in history, the evolutionary branch split. On one side were monkeys on the other were humans. You have most likely heard of a species referred to "as the missing link". At that point is when the two species no longer were just one species. Scientist often report that they think they have found the missing link (like Lucy found in Africa), but nobody really knows.

People who say that humans came from monkeys are just showing how uneducated they are and how they know little about scientific theory. The answer is found in a basic freshman college biology course. Also, one has to remember that this theory is based on gathered imperial data. But, in the end, it is just a theory.

Answer 3

all races are constantly evolving, darwin noticed that there were different bird types, each suited to their environment, usually on different islands

the monkey thing is sort of a joke, really the theory is that monkeys and humans evolved from a common ancestor Fairly Recently (as supposedly everything has a common ancestor with each other far enough back), it happened that this common ancestor between monkeys and other primates and humans was split into somewhat different areas of the world, and different groups evolved into the different primates u see today, humans being one, all these races are still constantly evolving

in other words, humans no more evolved from monkeys than monkeys evolved from humans

Answer 4

They do still evolve into humans. They just do it while Creationists aren't looking.

Let me ask you a question. If creation is true, why haven't we seen anything be created?

Seriously, humans and monkeys had a common ancestor, about 15 million years ago (give or take a few days). From this ancestor, we got modern monkeys and apes, the apes diverged about 7 million years ago, and from one of the many divergences, humans evolved into what we are today.
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Answer 5

Evolution takes time, more than you can live to see. Maybe some monkey species given time, will evolve into intelligent (for human standards) species. Is a possibility. Just we are not going to be here to see it. But evolution is occurring as we speak.

Answer 6

Because the changing of a species doesn't happen right before your eyes. For most vertebrates (including "monkeies") it takes millions of years. That means that primates and other species ARE evolving today. It's just not a spectator sport.

Answer 7

All animals are adapted well for what they do. If we were to compete with monkeys in climbing trees and jumping from branch to branch we would lose to monkeys and a lot of other animals.

If we were to compete with an owl to find who is better seeing and hearing a mouse at night it would be no contest.

So humans are better at communicating by writing and building things but many animals can do other things better than us.

Answer 8

people are apes, people are monkeys. And evolution would not artwork to kill out the different species that do not evolve, and actual the monkeys and apes round in the present day together with people, also developed, only a diverse route then people. each and everything alive in the present day has lengthy gone by an same time body of evolution and are basically as previous as each and everything else species sensible, this is purely they went by diverse transformations. If someone has a toddler with a clean function (shall we are saying 12 palms), and that's contained in the genetic code. and then that persons toddler has more beneficial little ones and that's handed on, and then you've a inhabitants of those with 12 palms 1000's of years from now, that were seperated from those with 10 palms for a lengthy time period and performance replaced adequate reproductivly to no longer be able of reproduce, that would not advise the human race with 10 palms basically died out because there is now a species with 12 palms. Evolution isn't a route in a unmarried route, this is purely a bunch of branches of species from their elementary ancestor.

Answer 9

Monkeys are not our ancestors. They are our distant cousins. They don't evolve into people for the same reason your closer cousins don't evolve into you. That's not the way it works.

Answer 10

Hey... it's true!.. I've seen lots of monkey on my way to work everyday! Baboons driving a honda... Gorilla driving an 18 wheeler.... a chimp riding a yamaha.... it's a monkey's world out there.. I'm tellin' you!.. driving like a maniac! they look just like you and me.. only smells baaaadd.....