Why do some people believe we came from monkeys is it because of King Kong?

Question

Or skulls that have been dug up and people do tests and come up with the idea we all do when it is really an animal it could be a birds skull if all we know. But is it because of favortie tv shows like DK,King Kong,Curious George everyones favortie monkey?

Am kinda lost how people can come up with such ideas but then again they do have a online group for people who believe in Unicorns so I could be wrong.

Can someone clear this up?

Thanks :)

True to the third poster it is a lie plus how come there are still monkeys?

Answer 1

It's because Darwin stole the "evolution" lie from the ancient Babylonians that used it as part of their religion, and unbelievers will buy anything as long as it's not the truth. Evolution is a lie.

Answer 2

Why do we believe it: surprisingly enough, fictious primates play no part in my beliefs.

Its because we have a very close genetic link with apes especially, indicating that we have a close (few million years close, not last week close) common ancestor.

As well as the fact that we share a lot of characteristics with primates - opposable thumbs, feelings, memories, dreams - and palaeontological discoveries by way of these skulls show a definite progression towards the modern human physiology.

How come there are still monkeys (apes, technically): because not all of them evolved. You probably had a group that needed to evolve to survive in their conditions and those conditions led to us, whilst some were fine the way they were, so there was no pressure to evolve.

Answer 3

Thankfully, the osteologists who examine old bones are much better trained to look at bones than laymen are (hence why we call them osteologists).

Humans and monkeys have a common ancestor. This is well established, and it has been shown by very smart people examining mounds of evidence very carefully. And the original idea, by the way, is much older than television.


Even sciences developed relatively recently, such as molecular biology and genetics, continue to reinforce the theory of evolution. We can now show that humans have a chromosome derived from the fusion of two chromosomes from our common ancestor with other apes (for one thing, human chromosome #2 has an extra set of telomeres [which are the ends of chromosomes] as well as an extra centromere). We can see how many of our other genes are come from other species, often as the result of gene duplication. We can trace evolutionary history through looking at retroviral DNA.

We can do all sorts of cool stuff to examine our origins, and it all points to evolution.



Edit: If you parrot that "why are there still monkeys" line, then you clearly know nothing about how evolution works. Please, PLEASE go to a bookstore tonight and pick up a basic science book. One of the more popular is Dawkins's "The Selfish Gene," but if you don't like Dawkins, there are others. If you're in college, sign up for an evolutionary biology class.

Learn a little before you spout off like that.

Answer 4

humans are great apes, not monkeys. we are most closely related to chimpanzees, but we did not evolve from them. we share a common ancestor, we are like evolutionary cousins. we know this because we share many structural, biochemical and genetic features with chimpanzees, which we don't share with any other animal. there are also fossils of several human ancestor species going back several million years. this is not just some wild idea, actually.

Answer 5

Which is more important to you, discovering the truth or comforting yourself with ancient superstitions and religious traditions? You have to ask yourself that question first. If the latter is your choice, then there is no point in wasting time seeking the truth.

Answer 6

It's hard to clear up in one paragraph.
There was no evolution from monkeys. King Kong doesn't exists and Darwin was alive WAY before curious George there sweetheart.
Try reading a bio book. It can help

Answer 7

It's because of the overwhelming evidence that this is the case, not pop culture icons that happen to be monkey-like. You should check out the link below to learn more.

Answer 8

Nobody--I repeat, nobody--believes that we came from monkeys.

If you'd taken a basic biology class you would have known that.

Answer 9

You can't possibly be serious.

Could it be that we are one of the Great Apes and share many genetic details? Oh, NO! That would make too damn much sense!

Answer 10

Let me guess, you were doing your nails and the football team during your stay at school? You should have been paying attention in biology classes instead.

Answer 11

King Kong is a creature of fiction, rather like God.