people evolution....
By meenneixz
@meenneixz (668)
Philippines
3 responses
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
13 Sep 08
We did not evolve from apes. We share a common ancestor with the apes we see today. The old tree of life illustration, although imperfect is a good way to visualize what has happened. Several million years ago the branch we shared with apes split and we evolved into what we are today. At the same time apes continued to evolve into the apes of today.
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@santuccie (3384)
• United States
15 Sep 08
Just for the sake of semantics, any non-human hominoid is classified as an ape. While it is yet unknown who in fact was man's immediate ancestor some 400,000 to 250,000 years ago, I am aware of no meaningful argument against the theory that the first hominoid was ape-like. Any other argument -- combined with the understanding that modern-day apes evolved from the same ancestor as did we -- would stand contrary to the theory of natural selection, in which the development of the mind is considered a progressive movement.
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
15 Sep 08
In what was an oversimplification I was attempting to answer the question as to why there are still apes. I stand corrected.
@redchase (347)
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13 Sep 08
we didnt evolve from apes. we evolved from an ape like common ancestor and both apes and humans came out of it. its really not that hard to understand. we are still evolving and it is thought that apes are more evolved than humans are, meaning that they are further away from the common ancestor than we are.
