If came from apes why aren't there any apes coming out the woods crying I once was an ape know I'm an man
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We didn't come from apes. Apes and humans have a common simian ancestor, but the species evolved separately.
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We are "Homo Sapiens Sapiens"... note that there are 2 Sapiens there, it is not a misprint.\n\nOther species of 'Primates' are not classified as 'Human' because they do not match the structure and development of what we now know as human.\n\nRealise that genetics are not the sole reason for choosing what is human (a banana ia actually 50% same as human in genetics). What defines a human is also the capability for commuicating with other humans, determining right from wrong, and operating in a way that other humans operate.\n\nContrary to popular belief, We are in no way descended from Neanderthals, they are a seperate branch of the evolutionary ladder. We are also not descended from monkeys, they are also a seperate branch. As such our ability to breed with such creatures is impossible... it is like mating a dog and a dolphin (which are very close on the evolutionary ladder).\n\nWe are descended from a now extinct group.\n\nThe question you should be asking is how far back do we go before we are no longer called human?
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Apes and humans had a common ancestor (which was what we could call ape-like).
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Because not all apes turned into humans so some apes remained to keep reproducing. And just a question for the other answerers: If god created everything, surely he could have not created himself bringing up my point: Who created god, but then who created the thing, that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,that created the thing,.... that created god?
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There are several species of apes one type evolved based upon circumstances, remoteness and to adapt to changing environments. This would mean that the apes that were left behind would evolve in other ways ro stay in statis. This is why many species could share a common ancestor, because due to some circumstance their evolutionary path branched from the main one. \n\nTry this experiment at home. Take a species that has a short life-cycle such as a fruitfly, introduce them several into two closed systems in a tank. Place some stress on one group and you will find that the flies will have changed to overcome the stress over a few generations. The flies in the other tank will not have changed. So apes evolved in one region to deal with some form of environmental stress to enable survival, whereas apes in another area may have had an environment that was in stasis or they could cope with and so they did not evolve.
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As much as we do not like to admit it, we are animals. I mean it literally. Human is part of the animal kingdom on this planet. If the apes are doing it, we are doing it. \n\nMen are instinctively driven to ensure that their genes are propogated to have a higher chance of surviving, just like any animal. The more decendants, the higher the chance.\n\nNude girl is a stimulant. Propogating is prime reason.
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Darwin never said man evolved from monkeys.  He said man and monkeys share a common ancestor.
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I'm always so puzzled at how ignorant americans can be. Evolution doesn't say we evolved from apes. The skulls aren't fake and haven't disappeared. The world didn't start in 6000 BC. Get some culture, people! And, dear Asker, that's what you get from asking this in the Religion section. It should be in Science, you'd get better results.
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*Sigh* This question has been asked so many times, it's almost sad. Here's the deal: we did not evolve directly from monkeys and apes. Humans, monkeys and apes all evolved from ONE COMMON ANCESTOR. This common ancestor has since died off. So, let's put it this way: monkeys and apes are our distant cousins, rather than our distant brothers and sisters. That make sense?\n\nHere's a better question: if man DIDN'T evolve from monkeys and apes, why are we 99% genetically similar to them? \n\nThank you, by the way, for stating monkeys AND apes in your question instead of just monkeys. Strictly speaking, we are more related to apes than to monkeys. And yes, there's a difference.
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You should watch a programme on Animal Planet called Monkey business........... The Alpha males of the group rear up on their legs and disply strength by puffing out their chests, beating them and then thumping the ground!!\nSound familiar??\n\nWe all evolved from apes (apparently) it is just that women knew when to stop acting like them!!
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No, they are not saying that.  All living organism including the ape and man die.  I think what they are saying is that the nearly perfect man came from the simpler imperfect protozoans and apes, and that the general direction is toward excellence and superiority.\n\nOn the othe hand, I don't believe we came from the apes. I believe otherwise.  We came from perfection to our present near-ape nature.  I don't see man moving in the general direction of excellence.  Generally, I see the weakening human specie.  However, the direction toward perfection is always possible by virtue of the Law of Polarity.  I just hope that there will be more of us who would rather "close their eyes and think" (Einstien) than "open their eyes and see" (Aristotle).
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some came from apes\nyou for example\n\nGod created the rest of us\n\npeace
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It's genetic. We are all related to the animals. Look at the chimp in the zoo. Look at the face and the ears.
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Not only are we relative sof the apes, we ARE apes. Humans are an ape, just like chinps or gibbons. All our parents are apes, our siblings are apes, our children are apes. WE ARE APES.\n\nAll our immediate ancestor species were also apes, all our descendant species will also be apes.\n\nYou don't get much more closely related than that. We are apes. Every human is descended form ana pes just one generation ago. Every living person was born to a female ape.
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We humans are known as a "small species", rather as cheetahs are. We both went through a " bottle neck " event that reduced species size considerably. So that very few became the ancestors of very many.\n\nPS Cheetahs are a " smaller " species than humans are.
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Yes sure it is still going on. But apes will not turn into men, they'll turn into something else or they'll go extinct, or they won't change at all. Turtles didn't really change in 100s of million years.\n\nApes and men branch out of the same animal. We all changed into something different each on our way. You never know what skill or characteristic might be helpful for future species. Men are one original species, not what other species will turn into.
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I will never ever believe that!!!! Think about it,if that were true, then why aren't the apes turning human now. hmmmmmm