2007-06-18 10:05:05 · 17 answers · asked by smiler 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
They no longer bother because they know what's going to happen with global warming ! ! !
2007-06-20 21:32:04 · answer #1 · answered by Richard E 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible that in many millions of years present day apes could evolve into some other humanlike species. It is, however, very improbable. First of all, humans did not evolve from any of the species we know as apes today. At some point 5 to 8 million years ago, the common ancestor of humans and modern apes diverged to form the two separate lineages we know today. The species at the end of these lineages are a result of a very specific combination of selection pressures and genetic mutations over millions of years. This same combination is highly unlikely to occur ever again.
2007-06-18 10:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All living things, including apes, are in a constant state of ongoing evolution and/or natural selection. These things can happen in one season (birds) or over thousands of years (primates). For example, because of the foods we eat, humans are taller this generation than the last. That is evolution in action. Whose to say, probably some scientist out there know the answer, in what way apes are evolving today to adapt to changes in their environments.
2007-06-18 10:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by debbi b 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are humans still evolving?
Who says apes are not still evolving?
Evolution is about developing to suit your needs. Maybe apes are well enough adapted to suit their needs - much like humans.
Or maybe, just maybe, evolution is such a slow process we are not seeing the changes!
2007-06-18 10:09:46 · answer #4 · answered by Trevor h 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
we are a branch of the 'ape' family that has evolved and now stopped also. It is just the way it has happened. Things get to the optimum phase and ability that they required in evolution and then stop.
2007-06-18 10:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The evolution of apes must have been affected by the dominance of human kind on earth. We control their landscape now, often destroying it. You could say we even control the climate with all the gases we put in the air.
2007-06-18 10:11:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everything is evolving. It is so slow that you don't notice it. I took a geology course and we talked about human evolution. We all know we're getting rid of hair, getting uglier, losing our appendix. What I didn't realize is that humans are mutating by not having wisdom teeth. I'm a mutant. How cool!
2007-06-18 10:17:27 · answer #7 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are evolving. It's called natural selection. They're getting stronger and not weaker. Because the weak die in the wild before they are able to pass on their inferior genes.
2007-06-18 10:12:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What do you mean? They are evolving. You just can't see the evolution happen overnight. It might take tens of thousands of years to see a noticeable difference.
2007-06-18 10:10:34 · answer #9 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They probably do but very slowly over many decades/generations.
Nature should prioritise, and start with the moths first, cause it's not fair they should get dragged towards all of mankinds electrical bright lights, thinking that they are the source of the moon for navigation.
2007-06-18 10:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by golfgirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have seen apes with suits and I have seen people with ape suits so maybe they are they just haven't found the right suit or work yet.
2007-06-18 10:08:40 · answer #11 · answered by truely human 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋