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[EternalDragon]

If an ape did evolve into a man or split from a chimp to become a man or whatever the current consensus is, why would it not look like this? While driving cars and playing scrabble.

 

[lasthero]

Why would it look like that?

 

[EternalDragon]

Why would it look like that?

I thought life/evolution/speciation was transitional....

 

[lasthero]

Will you just spit out whatever ridiculous point you're trying to work at and spare me?

 

[EternalDragon]

Will you just spit out whatever ridiculous point you're trying to work at and spare me?

I am asking why an evolved ape wouldn't look like an evolved ape.

 

[lasthero]

I am asking why an evolved ape wouldn't look like an evolved ape.

That's not an 'evolved ape'. It's a man in a suit from a movie.

 

[Strathos]

The same reason a Chihuahua doesn't look like a miniature wolf.

 

[EternalDragon]

The same reason a Chihuahua doesn't look like a miniature wolf.

But it basically does.

 

[ForJesusChrist]

We didn't evolve from apes.

Case closed

 

[EternalDragon]

That's not an 'evolved ape'. It's a man in a suit from a movie.

So are we apes wearing human suits?

 

[lasthero]

But it basically does.

If by 'basically' you mean 'not at all', then yeah.

So are we apes wearing human suits?

Humans are apes. Your question makes no sense.

 

[lesliedellow]

If an ape did evolve into a man or split from a chimp to become a man or whatever the current consensus is, why would it not look like this? While driving cars and playing scrabble.

Not to be ungallant, but have you looked in the mirror lately?

 

[PsychoSarah]

I am asking why an evolved ape wouldn't look like an evolved ape.

Uh, humans do look like apes. Front facing eyes, grasping hands, hair all over our bodies (though not as thickly as other apes), ears, nose, and lips in the same place, ape teeth. Really, the only reason humans don't look so "ape like" to you is that you just think they don't. And to be frank, if we did have thicker hair all over our bodies we probably wouldn't be having this conversation, because it would be pretty obvious how much we resemble other apes to the point you couldn't deny it.

 

[Dusty Bin]

Uh, humans do look like apes. Front facing eyes, grasping hands, hair all over our bodies (though not as thickly as other apes), ears, nose, and lips in the same place, ape teeth. Really, the only reason humans don't look so "ape like" to you is that you just think they don't. And to be frank, if we did have thicker hair all over our bodies we probably wouldn't be having this conversation, because it would be pretty obvious how much we resemble other apes to the point you couldn't deny it.

Well done.

 

[PsychoSarah]

Well done.

Thanks I guess but to observe humans do in fact look like other apes in many ways isn't exactly a deep or impressive observation.

 

[Strathos]

But it basically does.

Not really seeing it

 

[Dusty Bin]

Thanks I guess but to observe humans do in fact look like other apes in many ways isn't exactly a deep or impressive observation.

Perhaps not but I thought you explained it well.

 

[Armoured]

So are we apes wearing human suits?

Um, maybe try not basing your understanding of scientific theory on bad 70s movies?

No, Godzilla is not a realistic depiction of a dinosaur, either.

 

[EternalDragon]

Um, maybe try not basing your understanding of scientific theory on bad 70s movies?

No, Godzilla is not a realistic depiction of a dinosaur, either.

I'm actually basing it on observed speciation.

 

[PsychoSarah]

I'm actually basing it on observed speciation.

Since when is it an evolutionary rule that species look like ancestral species?