All say that we have evolved from apes. We have grown up to the present status. Is all this development in accordance to the natural law? If so where will we be reaching ultimately?
2007-10-04 22:43:15 · 10 answers · asked by ashramam 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Evolution doesn't head in a certain direction. You're implying evolution has an end result - as its heading towards something, unfortunately that's just not the case.
2007-10-04 22:49:15 · answer #1 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nothing says we will "reach" anything.TOE has one goal,and one goal only,survival.Many people are under the mistaken impression that evolution leads invariably to intelligence.Earths bio-population shows this not to be the case.Of the millions of species that ever existed on Earth,only a few,the primates and the whale families,display any degree of intelligence.And only 1,man,has developed technology.Our intelligence does not guarantee our survival.Intelligence,along with other survival traits such as aggression and toolmaking,may end up turning man into an "evolutionary dead end"if somebody happens to go :nuke happy".So "man"may not "evolve" into anything at all.By far,bacteria are the most successful life form on the planet,with no apparent intelligence at all.Also,many have the misconception that man is "more evolved" than other life.This is also false,a monkey,a tiger,a fish,a bacteria,are all every bit as evolved as man.Evolution concerns survival of the genes,nothing else.Evolution need not lead to intelligence.Intelligence may not turn into a long term survival advantage.The most important fact I will repeat again.Evolution has no "goal"it "tries things out" constantly.If they are better able to survive,they live.If they don't,they die.Evolution doesn't play favorites.It's about what survives,nothing else
2007-10-05 06:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by nobodinoze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The evolving from apes bit has been cleared up by my friends above who correctly say we evolved from a common ancestor and not directly from apes.
Evolution has no predetermined end point. We adapt to the conditions around us. An example of this is the change in our average height, weight and life expectancy due to the influence of environemental factors. Take people who live at higher altitudes where it is colder. They are as a rule shorter limbed with more robust bodies than people who live in warmer environments. The reason is that shorter bodies hold heat better than larger bodies. Of course dietary factors also come into play.
The problem that we face in terms of physical evolution is that we generally now adapt our environment to suit us rather than adapting ourselves to suit our environment. We also evolve slower due to our relatively slow reproductive rate.
There is a classic example of natural selection. The Peppered Moth was mostly a pale colour before the industrial revolution and was well camouflaged against birch trees where it lived while darker moths were easier prey for birds. As the industrial revolution darkened the surroundings with soot the darker moths began to thrive while the paler version didn't do so well. In areas where polution was high and the trees were soot covered the dark peppered moths survived while in areas where trees were left relatively unscathed the pale versions survived.
2007-10-05 06:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by penster_x 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We branched from the ape lineage - I just wanted to clear that up to avoid the "if we evolved from apes why are there still apes" argument. Technically we're still apes.
Your other two questions are interesting. Yes, it's a natural law - that populations will change as changing environments "select" certain traits over others. And where are we heading? "Heading" is definitely the wrong word, because evolution is not directional. Besides, humans aren't evolving much any more... we control our environment - it responds to us rather than us responding to it. I can't imagine a significant change in humans for a while.
2007-10-05 05:51:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Biologists say the we and apes have a common ancestor, we didn't evelove from apes.
Where we will be reaching ultimately? Good question. Since we have developed consciousness, we can choose our own evolution instead of being passive to it.
2007-10-05 05:51:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
We share a common ancestor with apes, we didn't evolve from apes.
I think we will probably be replaced by our own technology, super-advanced computers, robots and nanobots, technology will leap ahead of us and be able to replicate itself it will be a whole new dominant life-form.
2007-10-05 05:49:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Aftewr evolving from the apes, the athheists became a body flesh like a flesh of a man but their minds contents the brain of the apes or monkeys. Terrible?
jtm
2007-10-05 05:50:43 · answer #7 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 1⤊ 7⤋
can you restate your question without the evolving from apes bit. then i will try and answer.
2007-10-05 05:45:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Its funny, they all seem to know where they came from, but no clue where they are going. wonder why?
2007-10-05 06:20:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Acctually We Didn't eveloved from apes, god made apes from humans, becouse allah said in quran about some jewish who refused to accept some of his rules so allah turned them into monkeys..
and if we really eveloped from apes. why we don't find now some apes who is half apes and half mens (half developed)?
2007-10-05 05:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by Devil Of the Spades 3 · 0⤊ 7⤋