• Question: If we are related to monkeys then why have we evolved and they havent?

    Asked by aileenjcat to Colin, John, Kevin, Shikha, Triona on 12 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by 349bera43, 362bera28.
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      Kevin Motherway answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      You’re also related to your own cousins but you didn’t descend from them. Its exactly the same with humans. Both Humans and apes are descended from a common ancestor and just as we continue to evolve so do they (sooooooooo slooowly it’ll take 10,000’s of years to see any changes). They are very well adapted for their habitat as we are to ours. Humans continue to evolve along with our technology and environment.

      Did you know that if you were on a desert island well stocked with loads of raw food you would die if you couldn’t figure out how to start a fire to cook. Humans are so used to living with fire that our bodies are now incapable of surviving on a completely raw diet!

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      Shikha Sharma answered on 21 Nov 2014:

      Hi aileenjcat, 349bera43, 362bera28

      So this is the last and final announcement for everyone on this event, Please read it carefully …… 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 : D 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 Humans did not evolve from monkeys, apes, gorillas or chimps . Humans share a common ancestor with some primates, such as the African ape. Scientists believe this common ancestor existed 5 to 8 million years ago. Shortly thereafter, the species diverged into two separate lineages. One of these lineages ultimately evolved into gorillas and chimps, and the other evolved into early human ancestors called hominids. Evolution does not suggest that all members of a type evolved into another type, but that only a small group of individuals, genetically isolated from the others, evolved, leaving the others to remain the same. That’s how we evolved into humans and they are still African Apes.

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