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[PennylessZ28]

If man evolved from Monkeys and Apes, why do we still have Monkeys and Apes?

 

[Alessandro]

 

[Karl - Liberal Backslider]

If Americans descended from Europeans, why do we still have Europeans?

 

[Alessandro]

Americans and Europeans are the same species

 

[Karl - Liberal Backslider]

Americans and Europeans are the same species

I had noticed.

Point is this. One population finds itself in one environment and evolves one way; another finds itself in a different environment and evolves a different way. And this is why we have chimpanzees and we have humans. And of course Orang-Utans, gorillas, gibbons and so on.

To put it another way, it's a bit of a daft question. Evolution expects diversification. It doesn't expect every population to evolve the same way and at the same speed.

 

[PennylessZ28]

So how come we still have stupid people? Shouldn't EVOLUTION solve this problem for me, or am I forced to deal with them for the rest of my life?

 

[PennylessZ28]

I had noticed.

Point is this. One population finds itself in one environment and evolves one way; another finds itself in a different environment and evolves a different way. And this is why we have chimpanzees and we have humans. And of course Orang-Utans, gorillas, gibbons and so on.

To put it another way, it's a bit of a daft question. Evolution expects diversification. It doesn't expect every population to evolve the same way and at the same speed.

BINGO, Proof of evolution,



Americans evolved from Europeans, and Americans are getting fatter every year right?



Because in our environment we have MC Donald’s on every corner, but in other places like Africa, there are no MC Donald’s, and things like Tigers to eat people.



Thus the evolutionary differences. How amazing.

 

[Late_Cretaceous]

If modern technological societies (like ours) evolved from stone age societies (even creationists agree on this one), then why are there still stone age societies around today (in New Guinea and the Amazon)?


If Irish Setters came from English Setters, why are there still English Setters?


Monkeys and apes are very successful in their ecological niches and habitats. Humans have adapted to occupy differnt niches. Do you spend much time hanging around in the tree?

Evolution often works when a sub population manages to exploit a new habitat - as our ancestors did when the jungles in Africa receded with the ice ages. The original population does not necessarily go extinct. It can stay relatively unchanged in its original habitat.

 

[Arikay]

If man came from dust, why do we still have dust?



No, evolution wont take care of stupid people always, but it sometimes will, ever heard of the darwin awards?

 

[Karl - Liberal Backslider]

So how come we still have stupid people?

Search me. Perhaps people are born stupid, or perhaps they get stupid through reading Kent Hovind's material. You tell me.

Shouldn't EVOLUTION solve this problem for me, or am I forced to deal with them for the rest of my life?

There is no reproductive disadvantage to being stupid. Stupid people have just as large families as clever ones.

Anyone else smell troll here?

 

[Godzman]

If man came from dust, why do we still have dust?



No, evolution wont take care of stupid people always, but it sometimes will, ever heard of the darwin awards?

um, well, he didn't evolve from dust duh

 

[Vance]

We should also point out that humans do not descend from any modern species of monkey or ape. Evolutionary theory states that humans and modern apes descended from a common ancestor. But yes, that common ancestor group was definitely ape-like.

By the way, this is one of the questions that make YEC's look the most foolish since it shows an absolute lack of knowledge about the first principals of evolution. How can you possibly say something is false (much less vehemently say so) if you know nothing about it?

 

[Godzman]

We should also point out that humans do not descend from any modern species of monkey or ape. Evolutionary theory states that humans and modern apes descended from a common ancestor. But yes, that common ancestor group was definitely ape-like.

By the way, this is one of the questions that make YEC's look the most foolish since it shows an absolute lack of knowledge about the first principals of evolution. How can you possibly say something is false (much less vehemently say so) if you know nothing about it?

hold on just one second, but my cousin is a chimpanzee

 

[Vance]

Very distant cousin.

You need not buy him a Christmas present.

 

[Godzman]

Very distant cousin.

You need not buy him a Christmas present.

he called me the other day and said ooh eeh ooh ah ah ah, ting tang wadda wadda bing bang

 

[Vance]

At least he can use the phone.

Ok, then, maybe the present might be a good idea.

 

[Godzman]

At least he can use the phone.

Ok, then, maybe the present might be a good idea.

yep, and he threw dust in my face, it was crazy, and he told me, idiot you came from my grandpappy, and I came from grandpappy tooo

 

[Alessandro]

 

[lucaspa]

yep, and he threw dust in my face, it was crazy, and he told me, idiot you came from my grandpappy, and I came from grandpappy tooo

That's what makes you cousins, after all. Sounds like he's got a good grasp of family relationships. At least put him on the Christmas card list. And consider that present.

BTW, he often has better morals than people:
10. MD Hauser, Morals, apes, and us. Discover 21: 50-55, Feb. 2000

 

[Godzman]

That's what makes you cousins, after all. Sounds like he's got a good grasp of family relationships. At least put him on the Christmas card list. And consider that present.

BTW, he often has better morals than people:
10. MD Hauser, Morals, apes, and us. Discover 21: 50-55, Feb. 2000

oh and he never fell from grace did he