if we evolved from monkeys y r there still monkeys ?
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First, as others said, we didn't evolve from monkeys.  Monkeys and humans evolved from a common ancestor.\n\nSecond, a population can split and the two subgroups can evolve on their own in different directions.  That is how most speciation occurs.
517863
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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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.
518487
think about this. if we were all monkeys how come some evolved to be black, white, chinese etc. darwin is full of sh**
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we didn't evolve from apes, but we do share a common ancestor\n\nbtw:  humans are technically apes too.
1181995
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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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.....
939189
humans followed a different evolutionary path from monkeys and apes. We didn't evolve from monkeys - monkeys, apes and humans evolved from the same ape like animal. We have since taken different paths, and both co-exist
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You've got a few misconceptions there.  I'm going to assume you are really asking a question and not just fishing for agreement, so I'll try and straighten them out.\n\nFirst of all, IF man evolved from other primates, it would be more proper to say that mankind arose from -A- primate.  To draw an analogy, if you build a house out of lumber from trees, it doesn't mean there are no trees left in the world... only the trees you used to make your house are gone.  So it is perfectly plausible for monkeys to still be around even though something else might have evolved from them.  Populations become isolated and develop different traits all the time - try comparing someone from China, Iceland, and Africa some time.\n\nSecondly, I don't suspect any evolutionist would say that man evolved from monkeys.  Instead they would suggest that they had a common ancestor, and both man AND monkeys are different from that ancestor, just in different ways.\n\nAnd last is the question of transition.  And transition implies you're going somewhere.  Since none of us know what life will be like a hundred million years from now, it may very well be appropriate to say that EVERYTHING now is in a state of transition from what it used to be from what it will be.  Looking for 'half-fins' and the like is a straw-man argument, though there is certainly no dearth of vestigal organs and DNA around in most species, if you only look for it.\n\nI respect your desire to dispute the validity of evolution.  Most true scientists WELCOME having their theories challenged - it can only make them stronger and get rid of bad ones.  But if you're going to tilt at a windmill, make sure your lance is pointed in the right direction!
78009
We didn't evolve from anything.  God made us humans, and he made the monkeys... monkeys.
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to put it in very simple terms, all primates (humans, apes, etc. etc.) have descended from a common ancestor. its is like the common ancestor was walking when he came to a fork in the road and split into two groups......over millions of years this process kept happening. the phenomenon is known as speciation.....where one population of individuals of the same species gets spilt and are kept apart for so long that over millions of years they become so different due to genetic mutations that they are no longer one species.\n another analogy, similar to a fork in the road, is the branching of a tree. so you basically get the idea of what happens. well....for a monkey to 'evolve into a human' its would first have to regress to the common ancestor and then follow the path of the humans. and it is not a conscious effort that can do it but only conditions of nature and natural selection.\n it is possible for the 'monkey' to evolve into a creature that resembles humans(though not genetically), but i think thats as far as it will get.\n hope this answers your question
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we evolved from one specific species of apes. evolution is a constant, dynamic process, that cen be seen even now as you look around. you have to be intelligent and have common sense and pay attention, and not beleive everything that is written. for proof, just look at the weather forecasters - almost everything they say is wrong, or they just flat out lie. I think they lie - nobody could screw up that much and keep a job.
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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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>>>>>were we really monkeys years back.\n\nNo. Humans were never monkeys, nor were any of our ancestors monkeys.\n\nHumans and other apes share a common ancestor with the monkeys, but that ncestor was not itself a monkey.\n\n\n\n>>>if so these days why monkeys do not give birth to humans?\n\nI must be misundertanding that question. It can't be as silly as it sounds.\n\nMonkeys don't give birth to humans because they are monkeys. What other answer could there posibly be? The offspring of an organism inherit its genetic structure and hence its gross physical appearance. Monkeys are genetically monkeys hence their offspring are genetically monkeys.\n\n_____________\n>>>>chimps and humans ...would not be able to procreate...\n >>>>because of their different sets of chromosomes.\n\nThere  is no scientific basis to that claim whatsoever. Nobody knows whetherhumans and chimps are interfertile because nobody hs ever tried to find out.\n\nDiffering chromosome counts has never prevented two species reproducing. The world is full of animal species with differing chromosome counts that are perfectly interfertile and regularly interbreed.
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That would be the monkey shiners of the world. Now if you believe monkeys came from mosquitoes that would be a different story
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if man still had tails we will call them monkeys. and i guess all monkeys can swing from trees.
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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?