This surprisingly common argument reflects several levels of ignorance about evolution. The first mistake is that evolution does not teach that humans descended from monkeys; it states that both have a common ancestor.
The deeper error is that this objection is tantamount to asking, "If children descended from adults, why are there still adults?" New species evolve by splintering off from established ones, when populations of organisms become isolated from the main branch of their family and acquire sufficient differences to remain forever distinct. The parent species may survive indefinitely thereafter, or it may become extinct.
There is now NO REASON for you to make this ignorant statement EVER AGAIN..!
But will you..??
2007-06-14 15:51:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some of you didn't read beyond the question did you..?
I personally embrace ALL the mainstream scientific principles and explanantions of the natural world..!
Read it again and then edit you replies accordingly..
2007-06-14 16:02:44 · update #1
You just answered your own question ..LOL
2007-06-14 15:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by Fluffy Wisdom 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kids watching Animal Planet programs have a better grasp of this than someone blindly following a fundamentalist doctrine. They don't want to hear the scientific argument when they can open the Bible and read the first few lines. Not only will they continue to make this ignorant statement, if they get elected they will teach it in all of their charter schools. They are Neanderthals who believe the world is 6000 years old, stem cells are human embryos, and elderly white men should have full control of a female's reproductive system. The deeper error is letting the Rep-robates stay in office influencing gullible fundamentalists, and controlling the future of our kids with their nonsense. These troglodytes have to go!
2007-06-14 16:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by whrldpz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See, this is my dad's argument, not mine.. mine would be since there are apes and there are humans and we have a common ancestor then why aren't there life forms still alive and living in various stages of evolution on both sides of the common ancestor?
It makes sense that if they began to evolve one way or the other that there would in the end be MORE than just the two forms (primates and humans), a 'mixture', if you will, of both, because they would have evolved just as much as they needed for where they lived and stopped evolving.
Why aren't there primates that talk? Why aren't there primates without hair? Why aren't there primates living in homes they built like we do, inventing things and furthering their race? Why aren't there humans that still climb trees, have tails and hair all over their bodies and and don't talk?
2007-06-14 16:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of creationists are continually finding for concrete evidence. it fairly is why techniques substitute, because of the fact technological awareness evolves and is sophisticated simply by extra suitable technologies. Scientists learn monkey DNA to understand our very own, to no longer point out that a human skeleton and a gorilla skeleton is fairly comparable. Like I stated, comparable, no longer precisely the comparable. As for intelligence, there is evidence that we come from cavemen. And permit's settle for it, we are extra clever than we've been 500yrs in the past. according to hazard simply by technologies, according to hazard simply by discovering approximately different cultures, yet we are extra clever.
2016-10-17 07:51:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans didn't decend from monkeys...they decended along side of monkeys with a common ancestor for both, millions of years ago. Try reading the books written by Darwin instead of jumping to conclusions about what it means to evolve over time.
What I could never understand is if you are going to be against something at least know what it is you are against.
2007-06-14 15:58:30 · answer #5 · answered by suigeneris-impetus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. What don't you get about common ancestors. We did not come from them, they are off the same branch. Why find it so hard to believe? Primates have 99% of the same DNA and all mammals have 97% of the same DNA, we are all connected. But better if you just open your eyes, because they look like us and act like us.
2007-06-14 15:57:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course they'll use that ignorant statement again. What are you thinking?? No amount of logic, scientific evidence, or hard proof is going to change the minds of those who stubbornly refute what's in front of them.
2007-06-14 15:55:26 · answer #7 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You go, Let's Torque!
(Of course, tomorrow that question will be asked another 100 times. Heck, probably in another 20 min someone will ask it.)
2007-06-14 15:54:55 · answer #8 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just one of many in a long line of pitiful arguments that creationists employ.
2007-06-14 15:59:34 · answer #9 · answered by Babber420 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They believe we don't have a common ancestor but that we came from dirt lol
2007-06-14 16:04:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suspect that we'll be still seeing this argument in the future.
I admire the sentiment, though.
2007-06-14 15:55:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋