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Originally posted by simples
To answer the thread title we did not evolve from apes
1. Did we evolve from monkeys? Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans are more closely related to modern apes than to monkeys, but we didn't evolve from apes, either. Humans share a common ancestor with modern African apes, like gorillas and chimpanzees. Scientists believe this common ancestor existed 5 to 8 million years ago. Shortly thereafter, the species diverged into two separate lineages. One of these lineages ultimately evolved into gorillas and chimps, and the other evolved into early human ancestors called hominids.
Y there are so less ufo sightings and crop circles reported frm asian countries.
Originally posted by ZforZionism
Darwin said that if there are any biological systems of irreducible complexity then his theory doesn't hold.
Such systems have been found today and an analogy is that if you take away the axel of the car - the car fails and fails to propagate.
Originally posted by simples
reply to post by yadda333
1. Did we evolve from monkeys? Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans are more closely related to modern apes than to monkeys, but we didn't evolve from apes, either. Humans share a common ancestor with modern African apes, like gorillas and chimpanzees. Scientists believe this common ancestor existed 5 to 8 million years ago. Shortly thereafter, the species diverged into two separate lineages. One of these lineages ultimately evolved into gorillas and chimps, and the other evolved into early human ancestors called hominids.
Who looks stupid now?
Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
reply to post by sandesh
If we did evolve from Apes, we have a major fault imo. Why isn't our brow more prominent, thereby enabling us to see into the direction of the sun. Not direcltly at it, obviously, but if the sun is low we need to put our hands above our brow in order to cut out the glare of the sun. Just a thought.
It's an interesting theory and one I am certainly on board with. However throughout evolution, animals have evolved and died off for whatever reasons, so just because apes are around today, wouldn't necessarily mean we didn't evolve from them. It essentially means that they had adapted to continue their survival.
Originally posted by yadda333
Originally posted by simples
To answer the thread title we did not evolve from apes
To add to this: We are apes.
Originally posted by louieprima
Originally posted by yadda333
Originally posted by simples
To answer the thread title we did not evolve from apes
To add to this: We are apes.
Yep. Read up on your Robert Anton Wilson. We are domesticated apes.
Originally posted by ZforZionism
There are still Apes because Darwin was indeed correct! Yes, I mean 'correct':
Darwin said that if there are any biological systems of irreducible complexity then his theory doesn't hold.
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Originally posted by louieprima
Originally posted by yadda333
Originally posted by simples
To answer the thread title we did not evolve from apes
To add to this: We are apes.
Yep. Read up on your Robert Anton Wilson. We are domesticated apes.