Evolutionists: If we came from one Ancestor, Shouldn't there be other civilizations?

Question

Evolutionists say we (Monkeys and Humans) came from the same ancestor. Shouldn't their be ATLEAST other civilizations, like monkeys knowing how to speak, build homes, Have some form of clothing, a government of their own....(seems like they don't have brains at all)
There are millions of bacterias, If we came from bateria, why is there only one type of human.
My theory is:...Charles Darwin was an idiot

Wow, clam down guys....Its only theory and not a proven fact. Don't be takin' it so seriously like it's written on stone...

Answer 1

Bacteria have been around since the beginning, we just got here (so to speak).

Monkeys are not directly tied to us in evolution remember. We share a common ancestor.

Answer 2

Your theory is: wrong.

1. Other civilizations... you mean like Gorillas, gibbons, chimps, and orangutans? Yeah, there are. There are also humans of all different shapes sizes and colors (due to adaptations to changing environments with migration). The early species that traveled around had to find food and protect its young- some of them stood upright (to carry their young) and others walked on all 4. Those that stood upright to find food eventually adapted to the practice (the spine and the base of the skull had to be adjusted for this- meaning the brain develops differently allowing for a whole new set of traits to develop over time).
2. Why would apes need clothes? The other apes brains didn't develop like ours did- who says they don't communicate- they just do so in a way we don't understand (as common knowledge). If you read up on ape behavior, which I suggest you do, you will see a pretty striking similarity to human behavior... only in a more primal and primitive manner.
3. Only one type of human? look around- I think you can see for yourself that just simply isn't true.
4. Your conclusion - Charles Darwin is an idiot? I doubt you've ever truly read anything of his except through the excerpts in a propaganda guide handed down by your very own church.

Don't argue this stuff without really reading it first. The whole question shows you know little about the processes of evolution.

Answer 3

Point two percent of the human race has an IQ above 150. Shouldn't we all have that sort of IQ being human beings?

Closer to home: how many in a family, tribe, group break out and chart a path that others cannot even consider?

From the earliest homo erectus two families emanated: neanderthals and homo sapiens. The former couldn't make it and died off in Spain and France. The latter went on to populate the world. It is the original brain of the latter (homo sapiens) that took us to the moon.

The survival of the fittest has no competitors - just now.

Answer 4

Civilisation, culture, and speech are products of human evolution, purely human evolution. Monkeys, and chimpanzees perhaps do have so degree of communication using calls - but perhaps not to the sophisticated degree as humans.

Clothing is an aspect of culture, government is an aspect of culture, intelligence has no basis on evolution, they are our unique products of evolution - no other animal has evolved the capacity to form a complex government, or develop technologies.

You have to realise evolution on complex organisms (multicellular) such as ourselves take millions of years to show itself phenotypically, our cultural concepts evolved far faster than our biological evolution - especially technology which made us so successful as a species.

Other human species have evolved in the past - the Neanderthals, but we outcompeted them to become the dominant human species - we adapted better, survived and lived on to reproduce - this is our birthright, the reason why we exist today - Charles Darwin was absolutely correct - life is a struggle for survival.

Answer 5

You might as well ask "Why aren't coyotes wolves?" same evolutionary path, different destination. There are other civilizations they just arent human, and they dont do human things, birds and beavers build their own homes, have their own speech to communicate with one another, caddisfly larvae make their own clothing, wolves have a government of sorts in the social dominance hierarchy.. What gives you the idea that humanity is the peak of evolution and that all other species should or would turn out like us? you are supposing that humans are the best evolution can produce and that we are the be all and end all of evolution well we arent and millions of other species have evolved along their own paths, its impossible for any other species to turn out exactly like us, because its impossible to exactly duplicate the evolutionary pressures that led to where we are today... Get it?

Answer 6

Who is the worst idiot? Someone who makes something up or the people who believe it? Darwin is dead, but his ideas are not. Based upon my own observation, it appears that the paint on my walls is all different shades, although the shades are all related. Wait...it's all the same color and just the light reflecting off other stuff. I did have some beleiving my hypothesis there for a moment, didn't I. If all I have left when I leave this world is a guess and some questions that can't be answered, I would deam myself a failure.

Answer 7

No. There is a simple principle in population biology that only one species can occupy a niche. There is some evidence to suggest the Neanderthals died out since they occupied the same niche as early H. sapiens and were not as successful, eliminating the only other species with traits that might lead to civilization.

Dolphins might have the intelligence, but let's see them figure out fire.

Answer 8

I don't think you have enough of a grasp of evolution to start poking holes in the theory. There have been many, many civilizations throughout history. And there are many cultures all over the world. Monkeys have brains. How would they function without them? You make no sense.

Answer 9

Take another example that we are not so emotionally attached to;Cetaceans.

There is a common ancestor for whales of all kinds, dolphins and orcas. The intelligence of orcas and dolphins is high while that for other larger whales is lower.

Like Human beings have a higher intelligence than less evolved primates like chimps and creationists.

Answer 10

My theory is- you are mentally retarded. Humans are related to monkeys and we do all of the things above. There are some species that do display primitive rational skills but are not full-fledged rational animals. We are the only species that doesn't use instinct to survive and this has been proven by science and philosophers over and over again but this evidence is wasted and irrelevant to your deaf ears.

Answer 11

You seem to be forgetting that we have gorillas that can communicate in sign language and chimpanzees that can mimic human activity and use tools. You're also forgetting that Homo sapiens is just the last of several species of upright walking simians. If you're going to ask questiosn like this, you need to do your homework first.

PS. Creationists also consistenly fail to mention that Charles Darwin was a very devout Christian.