do you belive you came from apes i dont
2007-05-08 16:04:55 · 8 answers · asked by speddy 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Nope. And I have a Master's degree in Zoology, undergrad in Pre-Med [just in case someone else wants to belittle me]. ;)
2007-05-08 16:21:15 · answer #1 · answered by Kathy M 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I didn't evolve from an 'ape',either.--- I am one, but they and we have a common ancestor. It is as if we are on different branches of the tree.
And, you'd have to be one blind guy not to be able to look at an ape, or chimp or orang and see likenesses as in no other primates..We all have forward facing eyes, fingernails, and except that apes do not speak, we look remarkably alike. In fact, according to the book "The Third Chimpazee", we share 98% of the same DNA with chimps... are you old enough to have taken a hs biology course to know what DNA is, and how it works? If not, when you get there , pay attention... It so totally cool, and so totally beautiful....
2007-05-09 00:15:03 · answer #2 · answered by April 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have a PhD in zoology, Kathy. Be more definitive with your answer, as it is ambiguous and could lead to misunderstanding. We and apes have a common ancestor. You are an ape and what you believe makes no difference to the truth. I would rather share a long evolutionary history with my primate relatives, than be part of some fairy tail told to assuage the fears of the ignorant.
2007-05-08 23:46:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Do you realize that we *are* apes?
The term "ape" is just a subclassification of "primate" (basically primates without tails) which is a subclass of "mammals" which is a subclass of "vertebrates".
So your question makes about as much sense as asking "how many of you think we evolved from mammals?"
(I'm surprised that Kathy M, with a Masters in Zoology, didn't point that out ... isn't taxonomy like zoology 101?)
2007-05-08 23:24:22 · answer #4 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Here, meet our relatives:
Sahelanthropus tchadensis. 6 to 7 million years ago
Australopithecus ramidus - 5 to 4 million years ago
Australopithecus afarensis - 4 to 2.7 million years ago
Australopithecus africanus - 3.0 to 2.0 million years ago
Australopithecus robustus - 2.2 to 1.0 million years ago
Homo habilis - 2.2 to 1.6 million years ago
Homo erectus - 2 to 0.4 million years ago
Homo sapiens - 400,000 to 200,000 years ago
Homo sapiens neandertalensis - 200,000 to 30,000 years ago
Homo sapiens sapiens - 130,000 years ago to present
Before them, between 7 and 10 million years ago, there was our common ancestor with the apes. This is what is romantically called "The missing link".
So, cousin, there may be those among us who consider it almost an insult to be related to the Apes, but the evidence is indisputable. The Pope agrees with me, by the way. Have a read of the Vatican's views on evolution.
See the link below, but here is a sentence summary: Father George Coyne, director of the Vatican Observatory has recently stated that “Evolution is not only compatible with Catholicism but also "reveals a God who made a universe that has within it a certain dynamism and thus participates in the very creativity of God”
Here's arrogance for you - not only can I (as a Catholic) believe in evolution, I am not considered a heretic for doing so. Chew on that, while you listen to an evangelist blindly and dogmatically preaching about how the Earth is 6000 years old. You are in the minority. And you are incorrect.
2007-05-08 23:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by Labsci 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
no, humans and apes evolved from a common ancestor.
2007-05-09 14:04:20 · answer #6 · answered by The Tourist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do because I'm a devout Catholic and a believer of science, not a crazy Fundamentalist.
2007-05-08 23:13:17 · answer #7 · answered by Thomas 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There is alot of poof that makes it hard to dispute
2007-05-08 23:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by wicked wench 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋