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To: ryan71

"And if early humans evolved from apes, why are there still apes? Why did they not evolve even slightly over the millions of years it supposedly took humans to evolve? "

A news species that evolves does not mean that other species cease to exist. It is not a zero-sum game. In reality, today's apes and humans have evolved to the state they are in from a common ancestor species.

The apes evolved in one direction, and humans evolved in another. We did not evolve from any existing ape species. We are on separate evolutionary tracks, although we come from a common prior species.

By many definitions, human beings are just another ape, anyhow. Chimps, Gorillas, Humans, Orangutans...we're all in the same family. We do different things, and are adapted for a different environment. Otherwise, we're all pretty darned similar, as a trip to any primate house in any zoo will demonstrate rather quickly.

We're not better than the other apes...just different.


35 posted on 09/20/2006 10:35:21 AM PDT by MineralMan
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To: MineralMan
We're not better than the other apes...just different.

Be careful, or the animal rights people will want to give them representation!
39 posted on 09/20/2006 10:38:12 AM PDT by sittnick (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: MineralMan
"In reality, today's apes and humans have evolved to the state they are in from a common ancestor species."

What do you suppose that species was like? If apes and humans evolved from the same species, wouldn't skills needed to survive and environments have been the same? I wonder why only humans have mastered the use of fire for survival? Certainly all the apes could have benefited from the use of fire.
50 posted on 09/20/2006 10:53:04 AM PDT by ryan71
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To: MineralMan
We're not better than the other apes...just different.

*And God became ape, dittoes.

521 posted on 09/24/2006 2:21:48 PM PDT by bornacatholic
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