We are present in all colours - Black, White, Yellow, Brown, Red. We are built differently. We have different textured and coloured hair. Our eyes are differently too. So what does that make of Darwin's Theory ?
2007-05-31 05:18:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Which parent spieces of monkey are you talking about? all monkeys could be traced back to a common ancestor along the evolution tree at some point. If you are saying that man came from a monkey then you are talking about a common ancestor several speices ago. There are 264 different types of monkeys but a monkey is different to an Ape.
If you are asking about human evolution then Iook at this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution
2007-05-31 05:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by clint_slicker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of these people have certainly given you excellent answers.... you are assuming that different monkeys evolved into different races of people? Hmmm, hon, get back to your biology book.
Homo sapiens, apes, orangs, and chimps come from a common ancestory, and monekys as well evolved from a common primate It is as if the common primate were at the bottom of a tree, and the higher up the tree, the more recent the time... thus, monkeys are on a different branch, and there is no way they can cross onto a human branch or any other branch... they would have to de-evolved, and that doesn't happen in the degree needed to occur for your question...
Interesting book you may wish to read The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond.... one of his earlier books.....We are exactly as a chimp with the exception of a difference of only l.6 of our DNA not alike. That is as if there were a 100 page book for the recipe for you, and only enough print different to make just a bit more than 1 and one half pages different.... the print splattered all thru the book.
It makes Darwin's theory, absolutely correct.... We see evolution all around us at every minute... it is because of evolution we are not going to find quickly a vaccine for AIDS... the virus evolves too quickly to get a stable serum to work.....I hope you have enough education to be able to read this book. It is not difficult, but he goes into too much detail in places.
2007-05-31 05:54:17 · answer #2 · answered by April 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution does not work in the way you are suggesting in your headline. Humans did not evolve from today's monkeys but instead from a common ancestor that both humans and monkeys shared 15-20 million years ago. In fact, all species of monkeys and humans evolved from one species that probably didn't look very similar to any of them.
As for humans, the traits you mentioned have little impact on survival, except to the extent that darker skin is more adapted to exposure to sunlight. A trait that is neutral in terms of survival is not subject to natural selection.
However, remember, though, that one of Darwin's fundimental requirements for natural selection to occur is that there be variation within a population. Therefore, if coloration ever became a survival issue, then humans will be in good shape.
2007-05-31 05:40:25 · answer #3 · answered by biologist1968 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's only one human race: Human. Colours are called "races" but they aren't really. They are just genetic differences within a race. The same for hair and eye colours, physical build, etc.
Monkeys didn't evolve into humans. They evolved separately from a common ancestor.
2007-05-31 05:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The human species evolved once. There are minute genetic differences between the so-called races confined to skin color, minor differences in hair and features. These changes happened very recently in evolutionary time, long after the emergence of humans.
The genetic differences between any two humans is far far smaller than that between different breeds of dogs for example.
2007-05-31 05:28:16 · answer #5 · answered by Sandy G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Humans are only one species, so they only descended from one ancestor. The differences in "races" aren't really traceable as an accurate way to divide the species. In other words, there is no single trait that accurately divides the species into groups. for example, if you pick skin color, then an albino born in Africa would be put in the same groups as Norwegians. So biologically, there is no such thing as race. But the differences are purely cosmetic. In fact, chimps also have a variety of skin colors under their fur.
2007-05-31 05:49:49 · answer #6 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of our ancestors are in fact instinct. Some of our ancestors could be classified as prehistoric monkeys. But no species of monkey today is our ancestor. Modern monkeys are modern species like we are. They too had ancestors that were closer to what we are then they are. There are few cases where a species living today has an ancestor species that is not extinct.
2016-05-17 21:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skin color is more of an adaptation than an evolutionary branch. People living in high heat have darker skin, from a constant sun tan so to speak, and the farther north (or south in southern hemisphere) you see lighter skin. Diet would also most likely have had something to do with the development.
2007-05-31 07:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by Kemikal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All humans are from one species... ho mo sapiens sapiens...
There are no races... just small genetic differences between populations. If you look at other species, there are variations within them too.
2007-05-31 05:26:31 · answer #9 · answered by Cathy K 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our races diverged from a common HUMAN ancestor. That's right, all modern humans are descended from Homo sapiens sapiens.
2007-05-31 06:54:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋