Darwin's theory

lanomist · 09-10-2014 04:10PM #1

just a question, If Darwins theory on evolution, that humankind evolved from apes, why are there still apes out there ?

daveyeh · 09-10-2014 04:12PM

:eek:

iDave · 09-10-2014 04:12PM

lanomist wrote: »

just a question, If Darwins theory on evolution, that humankind evolved from apes, why are there still apes out there ?

Common ancestor

dodderangler · 09-10-2014 04:13PM

lanomist wrote: »

just a question, If Darwins theory on evolution, that humankind evolved from apes, why are there still apes out there ?

Slow learners that's why

marcbrophy · 09-10-2014 04:13PM

The theory is not that we evolved from apes, but that apes and humans once had a common ancestor!

:rolleyes:

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SEPT 23 1989 · 09-10-2014 04:14PM

where is there?

Meathlass · 09-10-2014 04:14PM

Because we evolved from a small sub-set of apes who had characteristics which benefited them in some way.

It's not like the entire ape population suddenly started changing into humans.

patsman07 · 09-10-2014 04:14PM

And how are they able to use keyboards??

Humans and apes are cousins, we didn't descend from apes. Both apes and humans have descended from a common ancestor who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago. This ancestor would have looked more like an ape than a human but was distinct from both.

KomradeBishop · 09-10-2014 04:15PM

Taking this thread to its logically-absurd conclusion: If all creatures have a common ancestor, why is there anything other than humans?

CianRyan · 09-10-2014 04:16PM

lanomist wrote: »

just a question, If Darwins theory on evolution, that humankind evolved from apes, why are there still apes out there ?

You have a misunderstanding of how evolution works.
We didn't just change one day, over millions of years we split into different paths and adapted as we needed to, that's why chimps are still chimps (but they would have been different to how they are now when we split from them) and we are now humans.

Somewhere along the road we came a fork, we decided to leave the jungles for the coast and grass lands while our releitaves stayed amount the trees, we no longer needed to swing from branch to branch and we began to learn that walking upright on two feet is more efficient.

Read the book.

c_man · 09-10-2014 04:16PM

If he was so smart, then how come he's dead?

fedor.2. · 09-10-2014 04:18PM

c_man wrote: »

If he was so smart, then how come he's dead?

I found that really funny. Just letting you know. Don't get a big head or anything.

daveyeh · 09-10-2014 04:18PM

Meathlass wrote: »

It's not like the entire ape population suddenly started changing into humans.

Don't know about that. Have you been to a gym lately?

Duckworth_Luas · 09-10-2014 04:19PM

c_man wrote: »

If he was so smart, then how come he's dead?

Dead? He evolved into a skeleton!

stmol32 · 09-10-2014 04:28PM

lanomist wrote: »

just a question, If Darwins theory on evolution, that humankind evolved from apes, why are there still apes out there ?

That's a really good point.
Also if it's survival of the fittest how come there's fat people?

Mr. Incognito · 09-10-2014 04:31PM

There are theories that due to modern Industrialism the fat and stupid are having way more kiddies and civilization is becoming more fat and stupid.

This has happened before to Rome, and Greece and other civilizations. Eventually they become over run by the hungry and desperate.

Reading Boards sometimes I wonder..........

uch · 09-10-2014 04:33PM

I Like Cake !

Soups123 · 09-10-2014 04:36PM

uch wrote: »

I Like Cake !

You will be the leader

CrazyRabbit · 09-10-2014 04:43PM

fedor.2. wrote: »

I found that really funny. Just letting you know. Don't get a big head or anything.

Oh I don't know. Getting a big head might be advantageous to his descendents in a few hundred thousand years.

Karl Stein · 09-10-2014 04:44PM

How are they going to share a speedboat?

folan · 09-10-2014 04:45PM

Darwins the roy?

GerB40 · 09-10-2014 04:47PM

Wow.. If you're not trolling then please, for the sake of humanity, don't have children.

Duff · 09-10-2014 04:47PM

Will we keep evolving and eventually turn into the Grey type aliens? Are they actually humans from the distant future coming back in time to annoy us?

Meathlass · 09-10-2014 04:48PM

daveyeh wrote: »

Don't know about that. Have you been to a gym lately?

Oi! You callin' me fat, mate!!

Duggy747 · 09-10-2014 04:49PM

There's still apes because you inappropriately touch yourself.

Dirty, dirty sins of the flesh.

PopePalpatine · 09-10-2014 04:49PM

Wow, 25 posts in and that ultramontane troll hasn't showed up yet.

Defender OF Faith · 09-10-2014 04:51PM

CianRyan wrote: »

You have a misunderstanding of how evolution works.
We didn't just change one day, over millions of years we split into different paths and adapted as we needed to, that's why chimps are still chimps (but they would have been different to how they are now when we split from them) and we are now humans.

Somewhere along the road we came a fork, we decided to leave the jungles for the coast and grass lands while our releitaves stayed amount the trees, we no longer needed to swing from branch to branch and we began to learn that walking upright on two feet is more efficient.

Read the book.

What your saying right now is basically blind faith under the pretence of science since

daveyeh · 09-10-2014 04:53PM

Meathlass wrote: »

Oi! You callin' me fat, mate!!

Not, sure, if, you're, serious.....

smcgiff · 09-10-2014 04:55PM

Defender OF Faith wrote: »

What your saying right now is basically blind faith under the pretence of science since

Did you just get bored with your own troll post mid sentence?

Meathlass · 09-10-2014 04:55PM

daveyeh wrote: »

Not, sure, if, you're, serious.....

I thought boardsies have their humour antenna up especially in AH

Wibbs · 09-10-2014 04:56PM

stmol32 wrote: »

Also if it's survival of the fittest how come there's fat people?

Because survival of the fittest in the past relied on our ability to quickly lay down fat in times of plenty to store it for times of need. Generally the food with the most calorific bang for the buck is the tastiest. You evolved to love it. One theory why Neandertals died out holds that they didn't have this capacity. Instead they put on muscle bulk the more they ate and muscle eats through calories just sitting there. This made them very vulnerable to downturns in the food supply. Their teeth do seem to show more periods of dietary stress than modern humans living in the same environment.

The problem today in the western world is we live in times of constant plenty and our brains and appetites haven't caught up with that yet. Ergo fatter people.

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