If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

Question

I wont be anymore specific for fear of getting reported. I think you already understand lol.

Answer 1

Man didn't evolve from monkeys and apes. Man and other primates (monkeys and apes) evolved from a common ancestor that may have looked like an ape, for lack of a better term.

Imagine the evolutionary chain as a huge tree. This distant ancestor forms the trunk of the tree. That distant ancestor then had descendants that formed several different branches (different species) Over the eons, those different branches branched off some more, and then more, until at the very top of the tree, you have humans, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, etc. Very distant cousins of different species. It's been theorized that during the next few million years, the human species will split into two new species. Those people will still be our descendants, but they will not be "human" as we define it today.

Answer 2

Sorry to answer a question with more questions, but you need to do a bit of a thought experiment.

Now that we have electric lights, why do people still use candles?
Now that we have television, why do people still listen to the radio? For that matter, now we have FM radio, why do people still listen to crackly mono MW radio?
Now that we have mobile telephones, why do people still used tethered telephones?
Now that we have MP3 players, why do people still listen to CDs, LPs and 45s?
And now that we have word processors, why do people still use fountain pens?

Remember how evolution works: The offspring are slightly different from their parents. Most of these changes will have no effect on their viability. Some of the changes will make them better able to survive. Some will actually be harmful. The ones who survive get to pass on their adaptations to the next generation. The ones who perish don't. That which succeeds, proceeds.

Sometimes, old technology is better than newer technology for a particular purpose. A pencil is still the quickest way of scribbling a note for the milkman; and monkeys are just better suited than humans to certain environments, so there was no need for them to adapt as long as they stayed there. Every generation of monkeys, even today, includes some offspring who are a tiny bit closer to humans than a "normal" monkey; but since nothing is specifically killing off more of the less-human-like ones, or preventing the more-human-like monkeys from mating with less-human-like ones, the mutations keep getting diluted.

If you had a large colony of monkeys and every generation you killed off the least human-like ones, then over time the whole colony would end up becoming more human-like. Eventually, a mutation would occur that was so severe that the offspring *with* the mutation would be unable to mate with the offspring *without* the mutation. You might not have produced humans, but you would have produced a new species of monkey that was more similar to humans than the species with which you started.

Answer 3

You're not serious? *drinks*

Man and apes share a common ancestor, that ancestor shared a common one with monkeys. A new species developing does not mean that all of the old species disappears, as species are spread out through out the world and the two if local to each other can and do coexist.

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A good example of this would be a specific bred of horses which is essentially directed evolutionary step. You bred the horses for the desired qualities and eventually you have a new type of horse, but all the other types of horses still exist. Throughout time this new bred might survive better and the others would die off, but this process is not immediate.

Answer 4

We don't "have" monkeys and apes, or at least I don't personally have any. However, aside from your poor syntax, I shall attempt to decipher the hidden meaning and answer your question.

Monkeys and Apes still exist because when they split with humans only some of the creatures developed the necessary genetic mutations, while others retained the original coding, and continued to reproduce and still exist in basically the same form as today.

Answer 5

I am getting tired of explaining this
Man did not evolve from monkeys and apes.
Humans, monkeys and apes have an ancestor in common.
You are not descended from your aunt . but you have a common ancestor. Your aunts mother or your grandmother.
Duh.

Answer 6

We didn't evolve FROM monkeys and apes. We have a common Ancestor.

one group adapted to being humanity, the other became the other primates.

Do some actual research on the topic before you ask these questions. Look up Evolutionist websites, not creationist ones that attempt to critique it.

Answer 7

A few monkeys or apes evolved , but not all .

Answer 8

Man did not evolve from apes and monkeys but from a totally different species which is still unknown.

Answer 9

Because they're still evolving!! So are we.....

I wonder what we'll evolve into next. Scary to think about.

Answer 10

we didnt evolve from apes we evolved from hominids,, and we have evolved, 3000 years ago the average size of a man was about 5 feet tall, today its 6ft tall, shoe size has almost doubled,, that my friend is evolution,, evolution does not mean changing from one species to another