If we humans are descendants of apes, would earth thereby have been called the Planet of the Apes?

Question

If its true humans are direct decendants of apes earth had to have been called or termed, the Planet of the Apes to the point where we assumed the form we have now, then our planet got a new name....earth! Think about it!!!!

Many humans like eating bananas. What does that tell you? Hard to break an old habit? Not trying to make a monkey out of anyone!

Answer 1

Humans don't like to accept the fact that they were descendants of apes. They are too self-centered.

Answer 2

Also being that our predecessors if they had any language at all they would not have called themselves 'Apes'. That is a recent term that humans have come up with for our cousins. Also by your logic the Earth should now be named the Planet of the Humans which obviously it's not.

Answer 3

There were dinosaurs before apes. May be let's call it the Planet of the Dinosaurs. Or may let's call it the Planet of Bacteria. Or the Planet of Yucky Organic Compounds. We're descendants of single cell organisms right? Let's go with Planet of Bacteria.

Answer 4

This question operates under the premise that Homo Habillis, erectus, or neaderthalus had the logical, vocal, and mental capacity to form the words in a language based off of a Roman/Latin dialect, still millions of years in the making.

I do not think they referred to their planet, period.

I think their day to day struggles and interactions with other creatures existed in a primarily now sense with little refrain to memory, at least not in the sense that we think of our memory now.

I think earth may have once been called "Grrooooaggahhhg" or something similar, to answer your question. But "planet of the apes?" I hardly doubt it.

Answer 5

Dude we never came from apes. Look at the chain of evolution, every evolved animals have a trace of sub species either still alive or fossilized. But between humans and apes no hybrids or sub species have been found. Simmier bone structure and Genetically yes but we have Gene simmiler to most of the animals and guess what some plants too. Tell me the name of on scientist who would allow himself to re-prcoduce with a great ape or Chimp. What you think its yucky? well when you think apes are our ancestors whats wrong if we make lil love of joys with them Mhhm^_^. Take a vote if anyone wants to volentier, you will get your answer. Show a ape that can produce a human baby or a human female giving birth to a baby ape. Wired huh? Never thought of this before lol?

any who take care, and those of you who think you are from apes, good luck to you too on multiplying ^_^.

Answer 6

Think about this. POPULATION EXPLOSION
Humans are not meant to conquer and rule the world. As much as we'd like to think that "we" are evolutions long-awaited and finished product, we are not.
Earth does not equal humankind. This planet is home to an infinite number of species none of which are more or less important to it's evolution.

Answer 7

NO.

If you count up the total number of Insect Species on Earth, and compare that quantity with the total number of Mammals
(Apes being only one species) on Earth, we would be more correct in renaming the Earth as "CasadelInsecta".

Answer 8

There are far more of other types of animals on the Earth than people or apes. I believe I've read that worldwide there are more cows than there are people and the majority of them are in India a huge country where they are considered to be sacred. Welcome to the planet of the cows. Mooooo

Answer 9

I have no idea what you are talking about. But when you write "assumed the form..." that tells me that you do not understand scientific evolutionary theory. Populations of organisms evolve, individuals do not "evolve." Population x split off from the parent population and ultimately evolved to homo sapiens (humans) from ancestral apes.

Answer 10

Well... Humans AREN'T Directly descended from apes. In all actuality. Australopithecus and other primates were descended from "Species X"