Are you an ape?

There may be times after a workout that I might smell like an ape. Sorry, I couldn't resist. I use to ponder over this many years ago. It was very interesting to me at one time. You've asked several questions in your comments. Let me address the question of why did God let Darwin come up with his theory. Because we were given free will. I assume that means free to discover whatever we may and what we do with that information is the important thing. There is much abuse of information these days (not necessarily Darwin's theory, just information that could become harmful). The human population has become like children with no parental supervision. Have you ever read the book or seen the movie "Lord of the Flies"? Very interesting study in the psychology of the rise of power and peer interactions and reactions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies And what would an ape say if asked ...? No self respecting ape would ever admit to being related to humans. I believe evolution is always happening. Polar bears are seldom having two cubs now as opposed to the past. This is (supposedly) due to the decline in food availability and loss of habitat. And they aren't the only ones that are changing. I believe in a supreme power and also evolution. Evolution has been proven. We might also be an experiment (gone horribly wrong) conducted by a more intelligent alien life force. Theories, facts and scientific proofs abound. We all choose a belief according to our religion or upbringing or for any number of reasons. I saw a very good British mini series (3 episodes) in the late 80's called "First Born" (1988). I think you would find it quite interesting. I liked it very much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Born It was quite a powerful drama. Also, I found this a very interesting article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanzee All very intriguing.

No, I'm not an ape, I'm a human being. I believed I was created by Almighty God. God created human beings. PLease read the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Good day!

Yes. That is what it amounts to. We are sophisticated and intelligent apes. We are not crocodiles or birds or fish or cats or dogs. We are apes. Do you have a problem with that?

Genesis is no more than a collection of myths and folklore. It is one of thousands of creation myths and there is no reason to consider it any more valid than any of the others. de omnibus dubitandum

I do not believe in this theory myself just because how long has man been man in history the records go back centuries so my question to this would be if we evolved from apes to men,then why did it stop.

@Mavic123456 I've heard that we share 98.6% of our DNA with Chimpanzees. I think it's fascinating. Monkeys / apes etc have so many similarities to humans. Their feelings, the way the interact, their reactions / facial expressions. It's amazing. I am all for hearing out opinions about how we are and how we came to be but my mind is always going to think that no one truly knows the answer. I can't pick one answer of how we came to be unless I see proof. I know theories are out there with proof or what looks like proof but haven't really looked into all that yet personally. Still a fun adventure trying to work it all out. What annoys me is that people spend too much time fighting about it instead of trying to work it out together peacefully.

no definitely not because it was long ago and now we have evolved a lot and now we are in the right track of caring and being just about humans

Humans didn't evolve from apes rather, we and apes evolved from a common ancestor (who is no longer with us, we have no fossils proving this fact, but we believe it anyway). The relationship is more like cousin than parent-child. :)

Charles Darwin could be somehow right because apes have similarity with humans but I would likely agree that apes should not be around anymore if they already evolved into humans? For me God can create hundreds of creatures he like to see roaming on earth and if we have animal look alikes I guess its completely possible.

Science states stuff without any concerns about religion. For me, I disregard Darwin's Theory of Evolution because I am totally convinced it is not true. In my religion, Allah told us that we were created humans, not apes and then evolved into humans. Even it is a disgrace for our ancestors to be considered as animals. So no, we are NOT apes or ARE NOT descended from apes, regardless of what science says or assumes.

yes we do have origins. i wont say that my ancestor is ape. i don't really like the idea that human are from ape. when they say that human is from ape. then why there is ape till now?? if all human race ancestor is ape. then don't you think all the ape will become human, and there will be no ape anymore in this planet. have you ever think about my opinion?

That we have evolved from apes, does not mean that we are apes (like we don't say elephants are mammoths...). But if someone wants to simplify it, and ask, I would say yes, I am an ape. Because it's scientifically proven - it's not a question of belief, it's a fact. There might be a supernatural power, as we have no true proofs for how the world has evolved and shaped, but that, in my opinion, is not an appropriate basis for telling that those researches are stupid... because even if the world/universe/Earth was created by a supernatural power, it could still have organisations, from which different creatures evolved.

personally I disagree with Darwin's theory since my religion told me that we are humans were created differently from an ape while it's true that some civilization were cursed to becoming an ape, but they are not last long, I believed they were only last a few days or so that alone means, there are some apes that created (by that means, cursed) from a human, but not the other way around

Yes i do belive that we came from ape because science has proven theories behind this as it was given by charles darwin rest today genetic enfineering and recombinat DNA technology has proven by dna sequencing of both apes and humans that they were our ancestors not exactly apes but gorillas we have 99% of same DNA rest one percent differs that makes us different from them that 1 percent DNA is responsible for traits like.. Speech, gymnastics that a monkey can perform 100 times better than a human and many more traits, but yeah we are originated from gorillas no doubt.

Hi Mavic, To my way of thinking it is all a great mystery.It is my personal opinion however, that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. I feel that our lives did not begin with this body and will not end with it.Maybe everything in the universe, indeed in all universes, is somehow connected.It is possible that humans have been on this earth far longer than even science suspects. Is it possible that we came from the stars? We know that many planets have self destructed in the past, and maybe some of their inhabitants emigrated here hundreds of thousands of years ago. Having come from different planets, might also explain the different races. I believe in evolution to the extent that humans today look quite different from our ancestors. Blessings.

sure i dont agree at all that scientist said we come from an ape. i have religion and my religion teach me that the first human created by God is Adam. then God created Eve as his wife. and as we know then they were sent away to the earth cos they broke God's rule about apple or something. they lived in planet earth, had children then human developed themselves both the amount and the culture. im sure all of them are possible cos human has a brain. Adam is also a prophet. He was taught by God to do these and those. and after thousands years, here we are. beside, in my religion God said that God created human in the best shape among God's creatures. and im sure ape has the best shape. for someone who doesnt religion or has different view in seeing this, i will respect them. for me i believe what God said in the Holy Book rather than what scientist said or researched. God is almighty and we are nothing..

There are two side of story about the originality of human being. The bible story (Christian version) and the evolution theory. I would better go with the God creation story. I just do not believe in the theory of evolution.

In science concept, I do believed as it theorized by Charles Darwin. But for religion. I don't agree. But then, either of the two I still believe that I was created unique from other people.

No one saw if God really made us but we believe he did.And I did not see man emerged from ape but there are some theory.As for me I believed more that God made us because my faith is greater than my beliefs.God bless us all children of God.That is nice to hear than God bless us all apes right?lol..

different religious beliefs and science have different explanations or theories on where we came from. i am a christian, and i believe more on what my religion says about where i came from than believing in what charles darwin said about the evolution of man. It is more easier to believe my religion than to believe what darwin said. there are many missing links involved in his theory.