If we came from monkeys then why aren't there half people/half monkey creatures wondering around the earth?? Why aren't the monkeys still evolving into humans?
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Because we didn't evolve from monkeys.
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FYI, monkeys and apes last shared a common ancestor some 24 million years ago. Yes, there are some animals that have both monkey and ape traits. They are called the gibbons and siamangs, or the lesser apes. They are clasisified in a separate family than the great apes for this very reason.
Since we evolved from a great ape (which lost their monkey traits), but not from a lesser ape or monkey, there isn't any half people/half monkeys. There were some half ape/half human creatures in the fossil record, but they are not running around now because they have become extinct. Ardipithecus and Australopithecus are the scientific names for these ape-men. They have become extinct because there were hominids that were more like humans and less like apes that evolved from them. These more-human-less-ape creatures were Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo neanderthalensis. They replaced the Australopithecines or ape-men. We, in turn, repleced Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis. Homo sapiens, or fully modern humans, evolved about 150,000 years ago in Africa, and since then we have replaced Homo erectus populations in Africa and Asia and we have replaced Homo neanderthalensis in Europe. Competitive exclusion, or perhaps outright genocide, therefore, is the reason why there are not any half ape-half humans around. We either outcompeted them or murdered them, or both.
Since we evolved from a great ape (which lost their monkey traits), but not from a lesser ape or monkey, there isn't any half people/half monkeys. There were some half ape/half human creatures in the fossil record, but they are not running around now because they have become extinct. Ardipithecus and Australopithecus are the scientific names for these ape-men. They have become extinct because there were hominids that were more like humans and less like apes that evolved from them. These more-human-less-ape creatures were Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo neanderthalensis. They replaced the Australopithecines or ape-men. We, in turn, repleced Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis. Homo sapiens, or fully modern humans, evolved about 150,000 years ago in Africa, and since then we have replaced Homo erectus populations in Africa and Asia and we have replaced Homo neanderthalensis in Europe. Competitive exclusion, or perhaps outright genocide, therefore, is the reason why there are not any half ape-half humans around. We either outcompeted them or murdered them, or both.
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There is this little thing called evolution. We didn't come from monkeys, but what I've heard is that us and monkeys had the same ancestors. Evolution takes time it doesn't happen over night. We are still changing, for example our grand grand... children might have less hair on their body , smaller ears and so on, because in the world we live now, we don't need them as they are now. People had hair on body to keep warm, but nowadays we all have clothing we need so there is no need for so much body hair.
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False premise. We didn't come from monkeys. Monkeys, apes and humans have a common ancestor that has already died out.
And we're all still evolving. Slowly, but evolution is still happening
And we're all still evolving. Slowly, but evolution is still happening
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If Christians came from Jews, then why aren't there half-Christian/half-Jews?
If you came from your mother, then why isn't there a half-you/half-your-mom?
If you came from your mother, then why isn't there a half-you/half-your-mom?
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dude, we didn't evole from monkeys