by matt kleviar on March 2nd, 2007

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According to evolution, do you believe that human got evolved from monkey ? if yes, what happened the the creature in the middle between monkeys and people?

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by Gideon on December 19th, 2008
No one believes we evolved from monkeys. The theory is that both primates and humans evolved from a common ancestor. Yes, I believe species evolve over time.
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- THANK YOU!!!
  People just see the drawing on the cover of The Origin of Species and assume that's what we did.
  
  http://www.neelmullick.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/the_origin_of_species.gif
  
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by Twhupfold on March 2nd, 2007
Firstly, Evolutionary theory does -not- say we evolved from monkeys in the sense most people mean.

We evolved from a 'kind' of 'ape', that is to say, a less advanced form of what we are today, we didn't evolve from a gorilla, or a chimpanzee, etc, they are other paths of evolution that different kinds of apes took a long time ago.

It's a very common misconception about Evolutionary theory and is quite damaging to it's reputation unfortunately, people tend to get caught on this idea that overnight we went from a little monkey swinging on branches to what we are today, despite the fact that that has nothing at all to do with Evolutionary Theory at all :D

In regards to the 'missing link', I'm not sure a fossil has been found which science can definitely describe as the 'missing link' between our ape ancestors and us today, there are a great deal of fossils which show ancient forms of apes becoming more human, and then more primitive human fossils becoming more advanced, but there is a small gap which has yet to be filled I think.

What is important to realise is that we don't need fossil evidence to 'prove' we evolved from a kind of ape, our genetics does that for us, the 'missing link' fossil will just show us what form we took at that stage of evolution.

I'm no expert, but to briefly explain: It is about our chromosomes; Humans naturally have 23 pairs of chromosomes and apes have 24 pairs. This at first glance means that we are not related to each other because of the different number of pairs, but when each of them is examined in detail, you find that 13 of them are almost identical, 7 of them are alike, and 2 are different. So that's 22 chromosomes we have similarities in with other apes, leaving 2 left over.

Now, here's the big proof of common ancestry :P

The 1 Chromosome I've left out is actually a fusion of the two ape chromosomes that are left over :)

The large number of almost identical chromosomes, the many similar ones, and then the fusion of two ape chromosomes pretty much proves that we have common ancestry (NOT we are evolved gorillas or chimpanzee's, we have -common ancestry-, meaning we are highly evolved apes, just as they are evolved apes)

This issue doesn't 'need' physical remains to be proven one way or the other, the physical remains will just expand our understanding, the proof is in our genetics :)
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- Brilliant answer, I wish I could give more than +3! I like the way you make it clear that humans ARE apes, and all apes share a common ancestor. The BBC has an excellent site about previous humaniods and evolution if anybody is interested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/
  
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  by Godfather Part II on March 2nd, 2007
- yah, gained some knowledge : ), thumbs up for you.
  
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  by matt kleviar on March 2nd, 2007
- Thanks guys :)
  
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  by Twhupfold on March 17th, 2007
- they have found another skull that is closer to our design. i believe they named her lucy.. i could be wrong on that name.
  
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  by omega divine on August 31st, 2008
- We are evidently closely related to pigs too.
  
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by Brian I on December 19th, 2008
No, I believe that all the primates evolved from earlier species. To the best of my knowledge no scientist has ever suggested that humans evolved from monkeys or apes. An ape-like creature, perhaps, but not monkeys.

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by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on December 19th, 2008
No.

We did evolve, and monkeys evolved, but from a common ape-like ancestor.

(also, the "giants" talked about in the Bible - "Giant" is a mistranslation. They were the Niphilim, and there is archaeological evidence to suggest they were the product of humans and neanderthals mating together. A broken step on the evolutionary ladder, perhaps?)
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by EcoTechGeek - 5-MeO-DMT on December 19th, 2008
Evolved, yes, from monkeys, no; from some other primate - possibly.
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by Shatzee coming back? on December 19th, 2008
No. Not even for one second. I believe that God created us-man and beast alike,and we were created in our current forms. We did NOT evolve from nothing.
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- We didn't. We evolved from a lot of somethings, over a long period of time.
  I like that theory better than the one that says we were made from dirt.
  
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  by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on December 19th, 2008
- I agree. We did not evolve from nothing. We evolved from something.
  
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  by NeverWas on December 19th, 2008
- You correct, we did not evolve from nothing. dah.
  
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  by Schroeder on December 19th, 2008
- I got you back to even, Shatzee.
  
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  by jackpipe30 on December 19th, 2008
- Thanks Jackpipe. I dont get offended by those who disgaree with me. They have the right to their beliefs just as I have mine.
  
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  by Shatzee coming back? on December 19th, 2008
- I know, it happens to me a lot, and usually without comment or a counter to my answer, because the people who do it are usually cowardly and ignorant.
  
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  by jackpipe30 on December 19th, 2008
- I've gotten a lot of DR's for this one. Thats fine, I am a believer no matter what.
  
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  by Shatzee coming back? on December 19th, 2008
- Even though I disagree with you, you have a right to your opinion, so I pumped you up. I don't believe in DR unless someone is offensive.
  
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  by Schroeder on December 19th, 2008
- I agree and here's +5, even though we are in absolute disagreement on the issue.
  
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  by xhepera on December 21st, 2008
- Thanks for the points. I do feel the same way about not DR someone unless its offensive.
  
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  by Shatzee coming back? on December 21st, 2008
- I don't DR at all. If something is offensive, I flag it for removal. Why ruin my own ratio for someone else's insolence?
  
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  by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on December 21st, 2008
- you make a good point, Lady Alathia. Thanks for your comment.
  
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by Sid on December 19th, 2008
yes I believe in evolution, no I do not believe we evolved from monkeys.
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by shrinkess on December 19th, 2008
I don't think I directly descended from monkeys, but yes, I do believe in evolution. Creationism makes no sense and confuses children.
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by LarryH54 on December 19th, 2008
Please stop giving ammunition to the anti-Creationist gang. You know very well that nobody makes that claim. Evolutionists believe we evolved from a common ancestor of monkeys, apes, AND people. There is a difference there, and evolutionists are very sensitive about it.
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- Although we likely disagree on origins if you accept the creationist stance, I applaud your honesty about what the theory of evolution actually posits. +5
  
  And just as an fyi, I am a theist who accepts evolutionary theory as the most cogent explanation, currently, of our origins as homo sapiens.
  
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  by xhepera on December 21st, 2008
- And I believe that the Creation story does allow for evolution. Man was made from the dust of the earth. Actually, that's true. ALL life came from 'dust' washed into the sea to form the primordial soup. Adam was simply given a soul. The Nephilim were not. But they were the same physical race as him. That also explains where Cain found a wife.
  
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by Hypatia on December 19th, 2008
When it comes to Evolution it is not about "beliefs" but knowledge and evidence. You either know it or ignore it; you accept it or reject it, provided you have better evidence.
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by cunning stunt who u calling chicken on December 19th, 2008
I believe that humans and simian species are all evolved from the same "bush". There are many limbs on the tree of evolution. It is really not correct to think of evolution in the terms in which you asked your question.
"Monkeys" is a generic term which refers to a number of specie of simian, not all are anywhere near to homosapien.
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by 23Skidoo on August 28th, 2008
I'd be willing to bet a sizable sum that no scientist believes we came from monkeys.
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As for humans evolving from an earlier species, there is enough evidence to fill museums.
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So I don't understand your question. Can you restate it somehow please?
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- Eh....it would be better to say there is some evidence.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- but theres no evidence that we evolved from monkeys at all.
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 28th, 2008
- No, not monkeys...Damn...you people have me defending a theory that I don't agree with!
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- OK - since some of the evidence is in our DNA, it would actually fit quite nicely on a microscope slide with lots of room to spare. And the fossil bones... I have to admit I don't know the amount in volume. I allowed myself a bit of poetic license.
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  The point remains that the evidence that live has been and is continuing to evolve and that humans did, indeed, evolve along with the rest of the elephants and rose bushes and slime molds and yes... monkeys is quite voluminous.
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  Whether anyone agrees with the analysis of it or not, there is lots and lots of evidence supporting evolution. Much more than "some".
  Boy Howdy! such precise and easily defendable terms we're using
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  by 23Skidoo on August 28th, 2008
- It is still evidence not proof. It is possible that we share commonality without a common origin.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- You're right on both counts. And if you notice - I never said "proof" and a seriously doubt you'll find any biologist who would.
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  As for commonality, one would need to come up with some mechanism by which species could show commonality without common origin. I've never seen any and I'd be interested if there is some. But evolution is supported from other areas as well, including seeing it directly in the lab (albeit in bacteria, viruses and fruit flies), DNA, apparent intermediate steps in fine details of certain features (like ear bones, eyes, the intermediary fossils found from land to sea mammals and much more). So any theory describing commonality without a common origin would need to take all that into account and explain it better than evolution does. And... without invoking a supernatural force (unless that can be suppotrd with evidence).
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 28th, 2008
- There are several non-simian species with which we share physiological characteristics (rats and pigs for example) to the extent that we can conduct tests on them in lieu of humans.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- the fingerprints of humans and koala bears are pretty much indestinguishable!
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 28th, 2008
- fearful - They are all mammals and we are all pretty closely related.
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 28th, 2008
- koalas arent mammals!
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 28th, 2008
- That is my point. We don't share a common origin with animals we have a great deal in common with.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 29th, 2008
- true dat!
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 29th, 2008
- And, my friends, you have made my point beautifully. Of course Koalas are mammals! What did you think they are, reptiles? Birds?
  But, don't take my word for it. Here a link. Please note the Class (mammalia).
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  https://www.savethekoala.com/koalastaxonomy.html
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  Religious people make so many basic errors in their science that it's no wonder that they make basic mistakes. But those errors are so very easily corrected with a tiny bit of research.
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 30th, 2008
- koalas are marsupials.
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 30th, 2008
- You are right. But guess what marsupials are...
  
  I'll give you a hint - from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/marsupial
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  –noun
  1. any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 31st, 2008
- you mean steven fry was wrong?! damn it!!! ( this will mean nothing to you if you're not from england lol)
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 31st, 2008
- Yup - I'm lost Though i do like Mr Fry.
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 31st, 2008
- ah well, i made a dumbass out of myself didn't i? lol
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 31st, 2008
- No ;_)
  But you illustrated my point well. many creationists don't know what they are talking about when arguing against evolution. They have incorrect information often gotten from people who intentionally misrepresent it. It would be helpful for everyone who has an opinion to actually do a bit of study on the matter - and study stuff from proponents and not opponents in order to better understand.
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 31st, 2008
- i'm not strictly a creationist, i believe in evolution but i believe God had a hand in starting it off lol but yeah i agree i should have done some research in the matter lol
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 31st, 2008
- I don't happen to agree about god, but there is nothing in evo. that says it isn't true. Cheers :-)
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 31st, 2008
- :-D
  
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by Bohemian is back on August 28th, 2008
Because of Darwin's theory of evolution which is supported by evidence. But it isn't monkeys but homo aferensis and australopithicus. Although there are a few missing links, Darwin adequately proved his theory of adaptation/mutation and this should have been explained to you in school. If not, you have a big gap in your knowledge. I think it is worth reading about BEFORE asking this sort of question.
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- I dont believe that nonsense
  
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  by suKwaR on August 28th, 2008
- Yeah,
  only the Bible is right.
  Flat-Earth geocentricity where flies have 4 legs.
  
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  by Gary dug her on August 28th, 2008
- It is supported by evidence but not necessarily conclusive evidence.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- Actually the book of job, written about 3,000 years or more before columbus refers to the earth as an orb.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- columbus wasnt the first to say the earth was round. it happened a long time before. people just forgot.
  
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by - M.C.S. - Dave on August 28th, 2008
I guess everybody can think what they want. What I would like to know tho. Is if we came from Monkeys ? Then where did Monkeys evolve from? I myself don't believe we came from Monkeys. But as I stated before. Everybody can think what they want.
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- They think we all started as fish hehe
  
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  by K8eBug on August 28th, 2008
- Kind of like the old question about what came first the chicken or the egg? Thank about it. The question never asked about what type of egg. Thats why I say most likely the egg came before the chicken. Like fish eggs??????? Now if they had asked the question using the term "chicken egg". I would say the chicken came first. For I believe God created the chicken's so that they could go on and bring more life into this world, just like we humans do.......M.C.S.
  
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  by - M.C.S. - Dave on August 28th, 2008
- I'm glad you don't believe we came from monkeys - no one else does either.
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  Did you come from people who preceded you? And them? We evolved from ancestor species (not monkeys) and they evolved from their own ancestor species... right on back to approximately 3.5bil years ago.
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  And where did the first life come from? No one knows - maybe we don't know yet and maybe we will never know. There are ideas and hypotheses but nothing conclusive.
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  Do you want to see god in that unknown? Go for it. But the problem remains - if god created life where did he come from and what caused that spark in him?
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  by 23Skidoo on August 28th, 2008
- God would have been a prexistent being without a creation moment. Before you call that far-fetched, that is the same rational for the big bang materials.
  
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by account closed. on December 19th, 2008
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by keithold is a prodigal bagger on December 19th, 2008
G'day Tsamaya,

Thank you for your question.

Yes I do. All the evidence points that way.

Regards
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- Keith, Sorry - wrong person.
  
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by Anonymous on August 28th, 2008
Fear of admitting they may in fact be wrong about God
I posted this in response to a different question I don't know how it got here
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- and burn in everlasting hell fire by a loving Christian god.
  
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  by Gary dug her on August 28th, 2008
- Your answer is good.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- Why??? Evolution and a creator are not incompatible. Anyway - it's a pompous attitude. Do you believe in Puff the Magic Dragon? If not, Are you afraid you might be wrong in that disbelief?
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by K8eBug on August 28th, 2008
Do they propose we evolve from monkeys or apes??
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- Neither. They propose we had a common ancestor with them.
  
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by D.J. on December 19th, 2008
Yes I believe in evolution, but we are NOT evolved from monkeys. Monkeys are close genetic relatives of humans, but monkeys and humans evolved alongside one another. In other words, all mammals have common ancestors if you go back far enough, including humans and whales, and whales and monkeys. We diverged away from monkeys more recently than we diverged away from whales, but we are not evolved from monkeys.
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by jackpipe30 on December 19th, 2008
I believe in Theistic Evolution, we may have evolved from an earlier species, but with the help of God.
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- That is a neat ad hoc hypothesis.
  
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  by Hypatia on December 19th, 2008
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theistic_evolution
  
  Tell me I made it up now. You dged me because you don't believe in God, how bitter and shrill.
  
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  by jackpipe30 on December 19th, 2008
- There are a lot of cowards out there who dg without comment. Most likely liberal sheep who regurgitate what their teachers tell them without understanding it. That's why they don't leave a comment, because they have nothing to back up their argument. Empty headed dirtbags, I wear your dg's as a badge of honor.
  
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by xhepera on December 19th, 2008
Of course I don't believe that. Neither did Charles Darwin. Neither does anyone who actually knows what the theory of evolution postulates. Where did you get this idea?
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by Arisztid on December 19th, 2008
I believe that modern monkeys and humans evolved from the same source. Most likely when we broke off it was from a primitive primate but I doubt it could have been termed an actual monkey.
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by Schroeder on December 19th, 2008
I believe in the evolutionary process.
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by Mephistopheles on December 19th, 2008
Yeeeez...and? I've got the proof of it right here:
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by Angie on August 31st, 2008
Died out, as have many species.. enough remains have been found to know they existed once.
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by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
FIrst of all I don't believe in evolution.
Second of all there is some evidence.
Third it is not conclusive.
There is enough doubt to allow for skepticism.
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- What would conclusive evidence look like?
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 28th, 2008
- Technically that would be impossible as we cannot witness the actual process of human evolution as, if the theory is correct, it occurs over the span of millions of years.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- And what is your idea of how we got here?
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 28th, 2008
- I trust the biblical account.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- So from evolution you want proof so absolute even you admit is impossible - but you accept the bible on what...? A wing and a prayer?
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  There is zero evidence for the biblical account.
  
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  by 23Skidoo on August 28th, 2008
- I didn't say I believed it because I had evidence (although that is not entirely true, but I don't happen to be an expert in this area). I trust the Bible because of the things in it that can be proven. I never said evolution was not true, I just said I didn't think it was
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 29th, 2008
- " I trust the Bible because of the things in it that can be proven."
  Please, name one. But - please remember - you did say "proven".
  
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by prof. mes solzhenitsy on August 28th, 2008
Cuz there is a reality of AGGRESSİVE ATHEHISM in the World.
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- Is that some kind of rash? :-)
  And what about aggressive theism? Besides, evolution has nothing to do with atheism. One is a theory about how life on this planet came to have such diversity and the other is an absence of belief in supernatural beings.
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by Carrot and Stick on August 28th, 2008
I would argue that no scientists believe humans have evolved from monkeys.
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- Semantics.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- well not really, its like saying that people keep wolves as pets when they dont, we keep dogs
  
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  by Seraphim Shinobi on August 28th, 2008
- The point of the question involves the theory of evolution and is not really concerned about the specifics of the origin of man.
  
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  by fearfulkitty on August 28th, 2008
- Without deeper knowledge of the "specifics of the origins of man", one's opinion on this matter is severely misinformed. This is what I expect to be the case with the asker of the question, hence my answer.
  
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by --paw43--is back for now on August 28th, 2008
Evidence of God?
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- hehe, there is none...
  
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  by K8eBug on August 28th, 2008
- My favorite answer to this question.
  
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by ebleas on December 26th, 2007
To answer this question directly, the "creature in the middle" died out and became extinct several million years ago. Many of the pre-human hominoids, such as cromagnum man and Neandertals, became extinct. Today, humans (homo sapiens), and several species of apes, chimps and gorillas are the surviving members of the original primates and hominoids.
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by Alfredo on March 17th, 2007
We are monkeys,
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by Chosun One on March 17th, 2007
I believe there is one common trait amongst all species. Not sure what it could be...Did we evolve from monkies? No
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by lizocat on December 26th, 2007
i dont think that cuz ALLAH has made the human how carry out the trust of Allah on the Earth so it coudnt be that human got evolved from monkey
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by ebleas on December 26th, 2007
The evidence that humans and primates share a comon ancestor are quite striking. The first answer does a commendable job of asserting the evidence for this comman lineage. The one piece of evidence that should be added to this proof involves the fusion of chimp chomosomes to produce our human chromosome number two. This is seen by the sequencing of chromosomes. All chromosomes have a unique head and tail portion, which is called a telomere. These telomeres have a very unquie pattern or sequence of base pairs. The sequencing of human chromosome number two revealed the presence of such telomeres in human chromosome two EXACTLY at the site where the head-to-head fusion of the two chimp chromosomes was expected to occur. This is extrememly strong proof that we share a common ancestry with primates. Add to this the commonality of our DNA with that of primates (greater than 99 percent in some cases), and the evidence does indeed point to the fact that humans and primates evolved from a common ancestor.
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by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on March 17th, 2007
I am not any relative of a monkey. I am the offspring of the first humans Adam & Eve.
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  by Fluffy on March 17th, 2007
- Good : ) A relative of apes, just like the rest of us ; )
  
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  by Twhupfold on December 26th, 2007
- Are you a Satanist or Christian today?
  
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  by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on December 26th, 2007
- A Satanist, but that's irrelevant : P
  
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by kala on December 19th, 2008
No. There is no evidence to prove it.

And if we did, why aren't humans evolving into other forms of humanoid life? Why arent' more monkeys evolving into more humanoid forms?
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- because evolution doesn't say that we evolved from monkeys...
  
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  by Sid on December 19th, 2008
- Okay, whoever down rated my answer needs to do their homework.
  
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  by kala on December 19th, 2008
- "There is no evidence to prove it."
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  I don't like doing this, and I only say it when the occasion really calls for it: You are and idiot.
  
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  by Anonymous on December 19th, 2008
- I didn't downrate you, but you really should take your own advice about homework.
  
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  by Sid on December 19th, 2008
- Eat your own words. I am AND idiot? Send me your address so I can send you five dollars to enroll in a preschool of your choice.
  
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  by kala on December 20th, 2008
- ahahah got me...typos are my enemy. =]
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  Merry Christmas
  
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  by Anonymous on December 21st, 2008
- Same to you, lovely monkey friend.
  
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  by kala on December 22nd, 2008
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by Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy on October 14th, 2008
Good question, but unfortunately it's a duplicate several times over.
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  by Webstalker on October 14th, 2008
- No sweat, it's bound to happen.
  Welcome to AB! You may find these helpful:
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by iwnit on October 14th, 2008
There is not such a great difference anyway...
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by Tamilze on August 31st, 2008
According to evolution, we share a common ancestor with the great apes. No real scientist thinks that humans evolved directly from monkeys.

Anyway, the transitional species between any ancestor/decendent relationship in specie either continue evolving through natural selection and genetic drift, branch off and form a new species that lives alongside the species that keeps evolving, or branch off and form a new species, but then die out completely over time.
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by not a sock puppet on August 31st, 2008
There's nothing there because people didn't evolve from anything.
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by 23Skidoo on August 31st, 2008
No. ;_)
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by technios on August 30th, 2008
there was no middle... the evolution from one being to the next was more likely to be extravagantly vast for it to survive alone against the opposing normality... therefore if you believe in evolution then there probably is no missing link! just a suitable substantiated time frame with indisputable evidence
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by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on August 30th, 2008
I believe in evolution..But I don't think you are viewing evolution correctly, There is nothing in evolution that is a straight line...there are different branches off the same tree though.
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by 23Skidoo on August 30th, 2008
[EDIT] This was to have been a commnet. Please ignore.
" I trust the Bible because of the things in it that can be proven."
Please, name one. But - please remember - you did say "proven".
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by malevolentbutticklis on December 19th, 2008
Absolutely. However, you say it in a derogatory way. Obama and others might take offense at being called a monkey.
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by GreenFreak on August 31st, 2008
we didn't evolve from monkeys, we had a common ancestor with monkeys. The creature in the middle didn't technically die out, it became us, even though many species have evolved from the same path which lead to humans. Some of those died out (such as neanderthals), and some of them are what we call humans today
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by frankcarter on November 28th, 2010
Apes and man are different and not in anyway related genetically or in chromosomes period.....if you are looking for a comparison you will never find and never no for sure cause there is no comparison between humans and animals. There also no in between s of any kind between animals either...Mr Darwin with very little education in this field just called an ace an ace and saw a comparison on everything he observed in nature, all of his observations and finale decisions were absolute by him!

Man has a mind unique and one of a kind compare to none, he was specially created, man has not evolved he has adapted to all kinds of environments and conditions, man thinks animals have instincts man has morals...man has a journey a destiny for the better good of man kind and for himself....animals have no sense of direction just pure plain instincts for self preservation .....Man was created in the likeness and image of God, a little lower then the angels. I don;t know the exact details of his creation, but I know who.
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by Lori K still ignores stalkers and trolls on August 31st, 2008
I don't believe that humans evolved from monkeys. I think humans have evolved in many ways as have many animals, but I'm dubious of many of the "leaps" that are made in the theory of evolution. Just because evolution occurs doesn't mean that the conclusions that some have are truly valid.

(The current thought is that all humans evolved from homo erectus, although there really is no evidence one way or the other. It's all theory. Homo erectus, IMHO, looked human to me. Any evolution was purely cosmetic.)
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by Dude on August 31st, 2008
Dude, they say we came from previously shared ancestors not necessarily what we call "monkeys" today, and there is all sorts of fossil evidence of "missing links" . Go to any natural history museum. Now if you want to believe there is a grand conspiracy behind this; go right ahead. I'll keep trusting the scientific methods and engineering that brought us computers, rockets, solar power, and automobiles. You believe what you want to believe.
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by Wulfweard on August 31st, 2008
No. There has never been found the so called 'missing link' We share some genetic markers as we do with dolphins and whales but we are a separate entity.

You would be more nearer the truth if you said we were manipulated by aliens in our distant past.
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by Im BACK on August 31st, 2008
I do believe in evolution and not God or higher being creating the first humans.

There was no middle creature. It's only apes evolving into humans. (Darwin's theory: Survival of the Fittest)Environmental factors, food, climate changes, etc. cuased it to evolved into humans.
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