I was told that the concept that humans come from apes is different from the theory of evolution. Is that true? If so, what is that concept called.
2007-10-18 08:20:41 · 16 answers · asked by getalifeFATTY 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tarzan theory.
Evolution itself is the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation to generation. Most people don't deny that genetics change as a result of mutations, genetic recombination, and survival of the fittest.
The belief that humans have evolved from apes is more specific.
Not really Tarzan theory, btw.
2007-10-18 08:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by ndrw3987 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well, technically both modern apes and modern humans evolved from a common ape-like ancestor. People always like to point this out whenever confronted with the Christian "If we came from monkeys..." question. But really, it's splitting hairs. I don't suppose that the Christians who are upset by the idea that we "came from monkeys" would be any less upset by the idea that we came from ape-like ancestors.
I mean, check it out:
It's called the theory of " I live a crummy life, so I'm going to make up a story about monkeys turning into people so I can pretend that I don't have a higher being to answer to".
You could sooner teach an ape the differential calculus than reason with this kind of troglodyte.
2007-10-18 15:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is the change of a species over time. It happens because the species is adapting to the changing environments and stimulation's. Mans evolution was from ape like ancestors.
Man has been in it's present form for about 50,000 years. Even now we change and sometimes change comes faster than expected. Look at our height increase over the past few hundred years.
2007-10-18 15:26:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The "man coming from apes" thing is what creationism believers invented to denigrate the evolutionist theory. The evolutionist theory sais that man and ape had a common ancestor (and you can tell it's true just by looking at them)
2007-10-18 15:26:17 · answer #4 · answered by larissa 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The man from ape concept is called: misunderstanding or argument from belittlement.
Evolution says that apes and man shared a common ancestor.
2007-10-18 15:25:16 · answer #5 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whoever told you man came from apes is wrong ; this is a common misrepresentation of evolution frequently used by creationists to discredit evolution. Men and apes are descended from a common ancestor and do have very similar DNA.
2007-10-18 15:27:03 · answer #6 · answered by janniel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are classified as "great apes." If you want to distinguish us from the other great apes, then our last ape ancestor was about five million years ago. The idea that we evolved from apes is indeed evolution.
2007-10-18 15:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The theory of evolution is falling apart so they are changing their story line to a common ancestor that would be God since he made everything.
2007-10-18 16:32:12 · answer #8 · answered by Steel Rain 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mallory above is correct, except for the time frame. The common ancestor has been established about 6-7 million years ago. You gotta love DNA evidence!
2007-10-18 15:25:06 · answer #9 · answered by kwxilvr 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Go from 48 to 46 chromosomes.
2007-10-18 15:27:19 · answer #10 · answered by Isolde 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋