If we evolved from monkeys, how come monkeys themselves didn't evolve and we still have monkeys on this earth?
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Sorry to be picky, but we didn't evolve from monkeys, we evolved from apes!\n\nModern monkeys aren't the same as our and their common ancestors, they have evolved too! They've just changed in different ways to adapt to their environment. Evolution has made them very well adapted to living in trees, e.g. long prehensile tails and both "hands" and "feet" that can grip. Note that humans don't have these marvellous adaptations!\n\nWe got bigger brains, tool-making and language skills, and the ability to walk upright, which enabled us to thrive in environments that monkeys would struggle to survive in. But you try living in a tree and eating bananas all day and see how well adapted you are to that! Evolution has just treated us differently, that's all.
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Mankind did not land on Earth. Rather, we evolved from lifeforms already present on the Earth. Our evolutionary roots can be traced a few million years back and the species that most closely resembles us in terms of genetic makeup(which is also most probably the one from which we completed the final stage of evolution) is the chimpanzee.
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You guys are brilliant!!\n\nFirst of all, more than one species can evolve from one- due to enviormental factors.  So no apes do not have to be extinct for us to evolve from similar creatures.\n\nSecond, it is only a matter of oppinion that humans are superior.  If humans are so smart, why do they continue to damage the enviornment and overpopulate the earth?  Isn't that like biting the hand that feeds you?  Where are we going to live when we destroy the earth?\n\nAnimals would be able to thrive without our intervention through natural selection and adaptation.  \n\nEvery other animal has evolved- Even humans evolved in the time since we have started keeping records.  We as a species have gotten taller and less hairy.  Noticably.  You can not convince me that humans didn't evolve.  All evolution is, is change.  Everything in this world changes.
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You have an oxymoron here. If you believe in evolution then nothing was created. If you believe in creation, then nothing evolved.\n    Monkeys evolved just like all other living things here on earth.If you believe that God created monkeys, but wonder why, ask about bed-bugs, the aids virus, mosquitoes, why created envy, greed, lust.  Whoever created the good, also created the bad.
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We didn't evovle from monkeys we evolved from a monkey-like creature which evovled from something else all the way back to cells before that amino acids which form naturally in space.\n\nThis took billions of years and millions for humans to evolve all the time God was there too.
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No, its not true there's a misconception when we say we come from monkeys what it means is "humans and monkeys have a common ancestor based on the DNA sequence so its in correct to say we come from monkey.
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God created evolution.   Evolution is a form of creation.\nWhy does everyone think that God always said "poof" and it was there?  His example was the potter and the clay.   There is no time frame to God.  And man did not come from monkeys.  If that were so, why are there still monkeys and apes?  Why didn't THEY evolve?  Everything else evolved.   Man was created as man.   Ape man came from the perfect man in a regression form or de-evolution.   Most don't believe the bible because they haven't read it or just don't understand it.  If you think the Bible is fake, you are betting eternity on it.   Bottom line...you are human, monkeys are animals, not ancestors.
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We don't believe in Darwin's theory. Like my honey said, if man came from monkey why haven't monkeys continued to mutate. After millions of years, monkeys are still monkeys.If monkey mutated to the form of man, shouldn't  man continue to mutate to something.....
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becuz we didnt evolve from monkeys.\nhonestly if u idiots want to say u evolved from a hairy stupid animal then go ahead and make fools of urselves.\nyea yea the ape is smart not as smart as humans.
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We evolved from primates, but not monkeys specifically.  We did not evolve from birds although we do share a common ancestor with them a long ways back.  Although evolution has not been conclusively "proven" it is supported by a preponderance of evidence and accepted by the vast majority of the scientific community.  And hutsong's "evidence" against evolution is primarily fictitious.  Don't be fooled by his authoritative manner - he's still full of crap.\n\nFor a defense of evolution see my answer to this question:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiUBrphbhCO3D7mQOX5JXrrsy6IX?qid=1006032117223\n\nAnd these links:\nhttp://www.txtwriter.com/backgrounders/Evolution/EVpage16.html\nhttp://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/index.shtml\nhttp://fermat.nap.edu/html/creationism/evidence.html\n\nOr go to your local library and find an introductory biology book.
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Monkeys now aren't the same as the monkeys we evolved from, our common ancestor. They didn't evolve in the same way because of different accidents in the genetic replication, and because they are well adapted enough to reproduce in their environment... Natural selection does *not* lead to the optimal genetic material, simply to one that is *good enough* to reproduce better than the competition.
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Far too huge a subject to get into here, check the link for information.\n\nJust to clear up one common misconception: Man did not evolve from monkeys.  Men, the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans), and monkeys all evolved from common ancestors millions of years ago.  Men and monkeys diverged more than 10 million years ago, and men and the great apes diverged about 5-8 million years ago.
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We all had a common ancestor.  It just so happens that apes evolved differently to suit their environment than humans; we didn't evolve from each other, just divergently from our ancestor
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Ummmm Last time I checked humans have never evolved into monkeys.  However, there has been a lot of scientific research indicating that apes may have evolved into humans over very long amounts of time.   Evolution is something that occurs over an extremely long amount of time... if humans started living in water now- in thousands of years we could live like a fish. Do your research and don't judge people on what they do or do not believe. That isn't very Christian-like is it? Christians are supposed to be really nice and respectful aren't they?  The Bible could hold some truth, or it could possibly just be a way of setting good morals. No one knows for sure if God exists, and thats a fact.  I think you need to do some research.... I mean good grief- you thought we evolved into monkeys. I think you're a little backwards.  haha!
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No Darwinist who understands evolution would ever say that humans evolved from monkeys.  The answer in evolution is that monkeys and humans share a common ancestor.\n\nSHARE A COMMON ANCESTOR\n\nRepeat that prase a few dozen times until you finally wrap your head around the fact that only creationists and idiotic atheists who don't understand evolution (but have an agenda against God) would ever say that the theory of evolution teaches man descended from monkeys.\n\nEvolution holds that all life is related.  Hence, you also have a common ancestor shared with the house cat or with the frog, but your common ancestry is more closely shared with the monkey than the cat, and more with the cat than the frog.\n\nPlease check the following link.  Please.  It's not about evolution.
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Hey hun.  Unfortunately, there are no sure answers to any of your questions -- at least, none that the general population agrees with.  Most scientists agree that evolution is how we came to look the way we do and that yes, we did evolve from primates.  But many of them do not find comfort in God and are skeptical about His existence.\n\nDo you think creationism makes sense?  Are you a religious person?  Think it out for yourself, see what you think is most valid.  Look up research about evolution if you want, and ask your religious leader questions.  All I can tell you is, you are going to get conflicting information from all those different sources out there.  You just have to process all of it and figure out wich stuff makes the most sense to you.\n\nGood luck!
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no, humans aren't evolved from anything.  they were created by God.