evelution question?

[midnight rider]

Ok,im a stone cold athiest, but this one christian asked in class once, well if we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

Honestly I couldnt think of a reason,why are there still monkeys, and niggers for that matter?

[CatharticWeek]

Monkeys are a successful species, sure. There's nothing wrong with them. But when the appendable thumb came along, it allowed the new creatures to use tools and manipulate their environment.
These new creatures developed further into humans and were massively successful.
So while we came from monkeys, there was nothing wrong with the monkey species, so it didn't die out.

Re: black people.
Let's say a green moth lives in the forest that lives on the brown bark. In time, one genetically mutates into a brown color and reproduces. When new birds come into the forest, all the greens are killed because the browns are camouflaged against the trunk.
Same with humans, mutations in skin pigmentation are extremely useful in a Saharan environment.
At least that's my understanding of human development.

[BrokeProphet]

Originally Posted by midnight rider

Ok,im a stone cold athiest, but this one christian asked in class once, well if we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

Honestly I couldnt think of a reason,why are there still monkeys, and niggers for that matter?

This is a common mistake. We did not come from modern monkeys, apes or chimps.

Humans, apes, chimps, and monkeys all evolved from the SAME primate ancestor.


The christian in class probably heard that at church. It is a misunderstanding of the theory of evolution. Evolution does not say that at all. The church is CLEARLY and UNDENIABLE lying to it's flock in this regard. Either that or they should study more before telling clearly guillible people scientific information.

Good luck getting answers from a christian here. They have mostly moved on to greener pastures I think. They do not win arguments here. They come here to cry.

[Rolloffle]

Originally Posted by midnight rider

Ok,im a stone cold athiest, but this one christian asked in class once, well if we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

Honestly I couldnt think of a reason,why are there still monkeys, and niggers for that matter?

How can you believe in something you can't even spell properly?

On second thought, you do hold some similarities with a monkey.

[Pilsu]

Originally Posted by Rolloffle

On second thought, you do hold some similarities with a monkey.

Not much of an insult when the topic is evolution now is it?

[midnight rider]

Originally Posted by Rolloffle

How can you believe in something you can't even spell properly?

On second thought, you do hold some similarities with a monkey.

well....fuck you prick.And no im not mad at you callin me a monkey Im mad at you makin fun of my inability to spell.We cant all be middle school gradutes ok.And im not a nigger you asshole.

[FreedomHippie]

Whats been said before me is true, the premise of evolution is largely understood. Apes, monkeys, chimps, and us along with other animals im sure all originate from the same common ancestor. At some point in our evolution over hundred of thousands of years the animal adapted to its specific conditions, and thats why there are chimps, apes, and monkeys living with us today. Whatever that common ancestor was, it probably split into groups throughtout the world. One group may have went somewhere where evolving to have the characteristics of a monkey may have been benficial. On the other hand, there could have been another group of these common ancestors who moved to another part of the world, where the characterists of chimps were much more suited for the enviornment and problems they needed to solve. We pretty much just lucked out, we got the right set of conditions for us to evolve to where we are today.

[Xlite]

Originally Posted by CatharticWeek

At least that's my understanding of human development.

Aye, its all about adapting to ones enviorment.

Example:

Cavemen grew less and less body hear when clothes were "invented".

If you set a child free in the jungle he will adapt fast, if he survives.
He will learn to climp trees, learn to find food, and learn to communicate with other intelligent animals, monkeys etc.
He will seek animals and learn from them.

There are a few real examples of kids who where left in the wilderness and survived.
One had a pack of monkeys as familly, and another were found with a lion mother and its two cubs.

Both of these kids were walking on 4 lims.

Like some scientists asks: Are we a product of nature, or a product of being raised?

And that gives the question: What is Human?

[boozehound420]

Evolution doesn't have to be beneficial. It just cant make you less able to survive. People always try and find a reason why people would have blue eyes and some green. They end up with stupid reason why it will benefit you. But really it doesn't matter either way. If it didn't make the species less able to reproduce then it doesn't matter. We could mutate a bunch of fingers growing out our heads right now, and they would have absolutly no function at all, but it wouldn't prevent our species from continuing.

Also evolution is not just adapting, it only appears so from our point of view because were observing the mutations that ended up being successful, and didn't prevent a species from reproducing.

And like previously stated, we come from a common ancestors along with monkeys. We can actually look at our DNA and compare it with the chimps DNA and make a time line of when the split happened.

[Xlite]

Originally Posted by boozehound420

Also evolution is not just adapting.

Evolution = Adaption, doesn't matter how you put it.

Animals wouldn't have grown wings if it wasen't because they couldn't survive on ground.
And i think we all can agree that, THAT is not devolution.
Adaption can only be possitive.
So the point of view don't work here.


Organisms that are adapted to their environment are able to:

obtain air, water, food and nutrients
cope with physical conditions such as temperature, light and heat
defend themselves from their natural enemies
reproduce
respond to changes around them.
--Wikipedia.