lubylou Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes? because they're surviving just fine (up untill we started destroying their habitats), so they don't need to evolve some things stay the same for hundreds of millions of years, if their habitat remains stable, and no new predators come in then why evolve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarby Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I often ask that myself.. I think I'm the only Ape on SF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mort Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Because the evolutionary tree branches at a number of points. One of these branches leads to hominids and ultimately homo sapiens sapiens, other branches lead to lemurs and bushbabies, monkeys and apes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouija Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Because we don't. We share a common ancestor - the missing link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsie Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes? Very simplistically, we are believed to have evolved from a common ancestor, rather than directly from the apes that are around us today. So we are both evolved from the same species in the same way as domestic cats and tigers did, for example. Far-right christians often think that the theory of evolution means we once had sex with apes - they don't understand it properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Besides as mort says we're on a different branch of the tree to all the apes that are around today, we evolved from their ancienct cousins, apes similar to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fivetide Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Think of the apes as your evolutionary cousins. Somewhere back when, one of your parents and one of the apes' parents had a parent who was the same person (your evolutionary grandma). So you and the apes can live on different family branches, even though you come from the same tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fivetide Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Far-right christians often think that the theory of evolution means we once had sex with apes - they don't understand it properly. But they can offer George W as evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsie Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 But they can offer George W as evidence. :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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