relationship between humans & apes?
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There is no proven connection at this time, hence it being a "theory." There are definite similarities, like we share 93% of the same genetic similarities with orangutans.
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Please, give me an example on how it disagrees. Thanks! If we evolved from apes, why are apes still in exsistance?
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According to current theories of macroevolution, humans did not descend from apes, monkeys, or any other species currently in existence.  A large amount of research (genetic comparisons, fossil record, comparative taxonomy, etc.) suggests that humans and modern apes had ancestors in common.  \n\nOf course, we would probably consider those common ancestors to be more like apes than humans.  (Perhaps apes would consider them to be more like us?)  This is not unexpected.  Different members of a species can and do differentiate along different paths.  Some paths are pretty straight: they don't change much over time.  Some paths wind all over the place.  The paths that survive are those that are best adapted to survive in their particular environment.  Humans are so successful as a species because we've developed the capacity to adapt to almost any environment on Earth.  That's evolution!\n\nIf you want to learn more, check out the link below!
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There are three obvious differences:\n1.Apes are larger than monkeys\n2.Monkey's have tails, apes don't\n3.Apes are smarter than monkeys
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Human beings and our primate cousins.\n\nThen elephants, dolphins, whales.
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No, Chimpanzees have different blood types, as do Monkeys of different species, as do Horses, as do Lions, as do many other animals.  It has something to do with workings of the immune system I think.
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Humans and monkeys evolved from the same common ancestor.\nNow humans and monkeys are seperate species. \nComparisons between chimp and human DNA show the two species share 95 per cent of their genetic material.\nMonkeys aren't going to change into humans - this has nothing to do with Darwin's theory on human origins.
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Well since it is strongly argued among anthropologists that homo sapiens is not a direct descendant of neandertals but instead we are both ancestors of some lineage involving homo erectus.\n\nI guess that would be like taking a chimpanzee for a wife.  But then there are recent arguments that there was a lot in interbreeding between the two species and that the inferior neandertals genetics gave in to ours and they became extinct.\n\nMaybe it would be more like taking something that is maybe partway between a chimp and us.  Even though chimps are our closest living relatives, genetically speaking, they are certainly more different from us than neandertals were.\n\nTo answer your question, no! No, I wouldn't.
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One of the most interesting interspecies relationship exists between chimpanzees and baboons, for they are both enemies and best friends.\n\nDue to their physical and behavioral similarities, they understand each other's signals for communication.Both species face many of the same predators which they had established cooperation in repelling tthose predators. Interspecies interactions occur most frequently when young are involved. It is very common to witness young baboons and chimpanzees wrestling together, and even for an adult baboon to tickle a young chimp.\n\nAt the same time, baboons and chimpanzees can prove to be bitter rivals. They often compete for feeding sites and may fight violently over killed prey. Neither species is considered dominant over the other, the outcome of a dispute is determined by the number of each species present and the temper of the individuals involved.\n\nIt is also known that chimpanzees are allies of gorilla.♥
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Measuring chromosomes as a whole isn't a very good way of determining relationships between species. Although humans have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs) versus chimps' 48 (24 pairs), it's clear from looking at the structure of the chromosomes themselves that one of the human ones is composed of two of the chimps ones that have joined together. We can even see the end markers of the chimps genes in the middle of our joined one.\n\nIn terms of overall genetic difference between humans and chimps, it depends on exactly how you measure it but it's between 1 and 4 per cent. \n\nUnfortunately the answers given earlier about pigs being closer aren't accurate. They share large-scale physiological similarities, which is why heart ops may be possible, but this has nothing to do with DNA.\n\nA good reference for all this stuff is the Talk Origins archive at http://www.talkorigins.org
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This is one of the most common misconceptions regarding the theory of evolution.  The theory of human evolution does not claim that humans came from apes.  Instead, it says that many millions of years ago, there was a species that was neither a human nor an ape.  This species split into at least two groups.  Over millions of years, one of those groups gradually changed to become what we now know as apes, and one of them gradually changed to become what we now know as humans. \n\nWhether you choose to believe the theory of evolution or some other explanation for how humans came to be is an entirely different matter.  That's something you have to decide for yourself--a bunch of strangers on the Internet can't tell you that.
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Monkeys are NOT ancestors of humans; they share the same common ancestor. this question does not have a simple answer; you need to study cladistics and phylogenic trees such as these to understand.\n\nhttp://www.personal.psu.edu/students/a/v/avh5000/\nhttp://www.origins.tv/darwin/hominid.htm\nhttp://www.4colorvision.com/files/phylotree.htm
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baby.\n\nI think it's a primate kind-of thing. Humans / chimps / Anna-Nicole
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I agree; humans and modern monkeys share a common ancestor.  Homosapien sapien (what *we* are) actually directly descended from homo erectus.  \n\nAll the scientific evidence backs this common descent up, btw.  We share a common morphology with chimps as well as a common molecular make up, which indicates that we share a common ancestor.  How else would you rationally explian it?\n\nFurthermore we share malfunctioning genes.  One in particular is a gene that prevents our bodies from producing vitamin C.  It seems that far back in our line of descent one of our distant ancestors was able to produce vitamin C.  This production was halted by a mutation - a mutation that all modern chimps share with us.  This is powerful evidence for a common lineage between chimps and humans because the best explanation is that this mutation was passed on through our evolutionary heritage.  \n\nThe creationist answer is, quite frankly, retarded.  They would have us believe that an all knowing and all benevolent entity created humans and chimps with a gene that produces vitamin C AND a gene that inhibits it's production.  An *intelligent* designer would just not have put in the genes for producing vitamin C in the first place!
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Pigs and humans: no.\nChimps and humans: maybe.\n\nHonestly, the scientific jury is still out on whether or not humans are able to crossbreed with apes.  Rumours have cropped up within the scientific community for years, but no definitive cases have presented themselves.  Check out the link below for some interesting reading on the topic.
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Orangutans are anthropoid apes or great apes. The living anthropoid apes consist of Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Gorillas, Orangutans, and of course, Humans. Gigantopithecus lived as recently as 50,000 years ago in Southeast Asia, and some think they may still exist, deep in the jungles.
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Humans and the other apes evolved from a common ancestor. That ancestor split from what we call monkeys some time before that.\nwww.talkorigins.org has a lot of good information. There is a good article here:\nwww.nature.com/nature/focus/hominid\n\nI also second the recomendation of www.becominghuman.org