Why aren't monkeys evolving now?

[danielpalos]

If man evolved from the monkey, then why are monkeys not still evolving?

Where's the monkey who is smarter than the other monkeys, who's trying to evolve into a man?

Why don't we see monkeys doing anything intelligent, like discovering fire, or inventing the wheel, or burying their dead with ceremonial ritual?

Has the evolutionary process stopped cold?

How do you know they aren't in the process of evolution? Especially where they are protected by law.

They could be learning how to stock their own "monkey biscuit" dispensers instead of simply being non-political animals.

 

[sealybobo]

If man evolved from the monkey, then why are monkeys not still evolving?

Where's the monkey who is smarter than the other monkeys, who's trying to evolve into a man?

Why don't we see monkeys doing anything intelligent, like discovering fire, or inventing the wheel, or burying their dead with ceremonial ritual?

Has the evolutionary process stopped cold?

Did you listen to the story about the bonobo? We've been working with chimps and turns out bonobos are smarter and easier to work with.

They say that 99% of the species that lived on earth have gone extinct. Could it be possible there were great apes smarter than bonobos and we wiped them out?

Very likely we did that when we were wild and fighting for territory.

 

[sealybobo]

No scientist says we evolved from monkeys, but that we had a common ancestor.
Dolphins and whales evolved from land mammals.

Where are these common ancestors now? All buried and in the ground. Why did none of these half-monkey, half-men survive to the modern age? It seems awful convenient that none of them are around.

Watch some science shows or read scientific magazines.

People don't seem to be educated about or understand the theory of evolution.

Think about how a lot of our grandparents were farmers or hunters and gatherers. Many of us are only a generation or two from living the way people did thousands of years ago

 

[sealybobo]

We started farming 11,000 years ago. My father lived in Greece in the 1940s they had no plumbing or electrical. We are just a couple steps out of the cave

 

[LittleNipper]

Evolution doesn't explain why we need both monkeys and humans. The Bible does.

The planet doesn't need monkeys or humans. Humans don't need monkeys. What does the Bible say? Don't leave us hanging

God created them for His honor and glory.

 

[irosie91]

Humans are evolving now. Monkeys are probably also evolving. Evolution takes places over thousands of years. For example, humans are larger than they used to be. Go to an ancient site and see the size of doorways, beds, clothing, etc. Humans are getting larger, physically.

damn-----61 inches-----I am a THROWBACK.........I should be living the in garden of eden

 

[irosie91]

We started farming 11,000 years ago. My father lived in Greece in the 1940s they had no plumbing or electrical. We are just a couple steps out of the cave

that's Greece. 11,000 years ago is recent history--------greeks is freeks

 

[irosie91]

Humans are evolving now. Monkeys are probably also evolving. Evolution takes places over thousands of years. For example, humans are larger than they used to be. Go to an ancient site and see the size of doorways, beds, clothing, etc. Humans are getting larger, physically.

Humans are getting larger because there's more meat in their diet. Go to a country where they still eat mostly corn and beans (Mexico) and you will see how small the people are, especially the Indian women.

That doesn't change the fact of evolution. You are denying a reality. Humans are changing, evolving. This change takes places over thousands of years, so we don't see it on a superficial level. Intellectually, humans are also changing. It's happening. The fact that it may be more protein in the diet that causes people to be larger does not negate the fact that we are evolving. That's only one way we are evolving.

Esmeralda-----are you a biology teacher?

 

[sealybobo]

Evolution doesn't explain why we need both monkeys and humans. The Bible does.

The planet doesn't need monkeys or humans. Humans don't need monkeys. What does the Bible say? Don't leave us hanging

God created them for His honor and glory.

Yes that is what our ancient primitive and superstitious ancestors concluded.

He should have left out diseases and violence. Where is the honor and glory in these things?

 

[sealybobo]

We started farming 11,000 years ago. My father lived in Greece in the 1940s they had no plumbing or electrical. We are just a couple steps out of the cave

that's Greece. 11,000 years ago is recent history--------greeks is freeks

I'll freak or freek you rosie.

 

[irosie91]

We started farming 11,000 years ago. My father lived in Greece in the 1940s they had no plumbing or electrical. We are just a couple steps out of the cave

that's Greece. 11,000 years ago is recent history--------greeks is freeks

I'll freak or freek you rosie.

greeks did plumbing long ago-------what do you mean by "no plumbing" ?-----
flush toilet or not even a simple water pump?-------trek to the stream for
water each day?. Pails? sheeeeesh------irrigation ditches?

 

[sealybobo]

We started farming 11,000 years ago. My father lived in Greece in the 1940s they had no plumbing or electrical. We are just a couple steps out of the cave

that's Greece. 11,000 years ago is recent history--------greeks is freeks

I'll freak or freek you rosie.

greeks did plumbing long ago-------what do you mean by "no plumbing" ?-----
flush toilet or not even a simple water pump?-------trek to the stream for
water each day?. Pails? sheeeeesh------irrigation ditches?

He had an outhouse and they used candles to light the home.

Sure in Athens but not the "horlyoz" or villages.

Point is many of us are 1 or 2 generations from living exactly like people did 11,000 years ago. Yes, recent history.

 

[irosie91]

We started farming 11,000 years ago. My father lived in Greece in the 1940s they had no plumbing or electrical. We are just a couple steps out of the cave

that's Greece. 11,000 years ago is recent history--------greeks is freeks

I'll freak or freek you rosie.

greeks did plumbing long ago-------what do you mean by "no plumbing" ?-----
flush toilet or not even a simple water pump?-------trek to the stream for
water each day?. Pails? sheeeeesh------irrigation ditches?

He had an outhouse and they used candles to light the home.

Sure in Athens but not the "horlyoz" or villages.

Point is many of us are 1 or 2 generations from living exactly like people did 11,000 years ago. Yes, recent history.

candles? sheeeeesh not even gas? ----that was during world war II? no wonder the
turks got to do a job on you guys

 

[LittleNipper]

Evolution doesn't explain why we need both monkeys and humans. The Bible does.

The planet doesn't need monkeys or humans. Humans don't need monkeys. What does the Bible say? Don't leave us hanging

God created them for His honor and glory.

Yes that is what our ancient primitive and superstitious ancestors concluded.

He should have left out diseases and violence. Where is the honor and glory in these things?

Did you miss the entire Genesis story?

 

[sealybobo]

Evolution doesn't explain why we need both monkeys and humans. The Bible does.

The planet doesn't need monkeys or humans. Humans don't need monkeys. What does the Bible say? Don't leave us hanging

God created them for His honor and glory.

Yes that is what our ancient primitive and superstitious ancestors concluded.

He should have left out diseases and violence. Where is the honor and glory in these things?

Did you miss the entire Genesis story?

Not buying any of it. Everything in those books are allegories.

 

[hobelim]

Evolution doesn't explain why we need both monkeys and humans. The Bible does.

The planet doesn't need monkeys or humans. Humans don't need monkeys. What does the Bible say? Don't leave us hanging

God created them for His honor and glory.

Yes that is what our ancient primitive and superstitious ancestors concluded.

He should have left out diseases and violence. Where is the honor and glory in these things?

Did you miss the entire Genesis story?

Not buying any of it. Everything in those books are allegories.

Leaving it there is rather lazy.

What are the allegories referring to, for instance, a talking serpent? What were these so called primitive people teaching their children about actual reality?

Do you think that the author of any ancient fairy tale with a talking animal was superstitious? Do you think the people who heard these stories way back then believed in talking animals?

Really?

 

[ChrisL]

The planet doesn't need monkeys or humans. Humans don't need monkeys. What does the Bible say? Don't leave us hanging

God created them for His honor and glory.

Yes that is what our ancient primitive and superstitious ancestors concluded.

He should have left out diseases and violence. Where is the honor and glory in these things?

Did you miss the entire Genesis story?

Not buying any of it. Everything in those books are allegories.

Leaving it there is rather lazy.

What are the allegories referring to, for instance, a talking serpent? What were these so called primitive people teaching their children about actual reality?

Do you think that the author of any ancient fairy tale with a talking animal was superstitious? Do you think the people who heard these stories way back then believed in talking animals?

Really?

Yes. People also believed in vampires and witches and all kinds of superstitions.

 

[hobelim]

God created them for His honor and glory.

Yes that is what our ancient primitive and superstitious ancestors concluded.

He should have left out diseases and violence. Where is the honor and glory in these things?

Did you miss the entire Genesis story?

Not buying any of it. Everything in those books are allegories.

Leaving it there is rather lazy.

What are the allegories referring to, for instance, a talking serpent? What were these so called primitive people teaching their children about actual reality?

Do you think that the author of any ancient fairy tale with a talking animal was superstitious? Do you think the people who heard these stories way back then believed in talking animals?

Really?

Yes. People also believed in vampires and witches and all kinds of superstitions.

Sure, but not the people who wrote these stories and used them for instruction..

Would you let any child walk away believing that pigs can talk after reading the story of the three pigs to them or without teaching them the unwritten moral of the story?

Even with greek mythology I'm sure there were some numbskulls who believed that gods were invisible giants, some who disregarded it all as superstitions for the weak minded, but there were probably many more who understood the metaphors which gave them access to secret treasures buried and hidden in the distant past.


even vampires and witches allude to an actual type of person that actually exists in society, just like zombies do.

Once you understand the metaphors you can decipher the imagery conjured in the mind by the figurative language used and your eyes will be opened to see the actual reality.....

So a person can believe in witches and vampires, talking serpents and talking donkeys, sorcerers, curses and magic spells, flawed gods living in the clouds using ordinary mortals like pawns, even angels and demons, and not have one superstitious bone in their body.

If you think they were and are all superstitious it is because you have failed to understand...our so called primitive and superstitious ancestors have encrypted information in a way that still eludes many of the smartest people out there and still works like a charm...

 

[ChrisL]

Yes that is what our ancient primitive and superstitious ancestors concluded.

He should have left out diseases and violence. Where is the honor and glory in these things?

Did you miss the entire Genesis story?

Not buying any of it. Everything in those books are allegories.

Leaving it there is rather lazy.

What are the allegories referring to, for instance, a talking serpent? What were these so called primitive people teaching their children about actual reality?

Do you think that the author of any ancient fairy tale with a talking animal was superstitious? Do you think the people who heard these stories way back then believed in talking animals?

Really?

Yes. People also believed in vampires and witches and all kinds of superstitions.

Sure, but not the people who wrote these stories and used them for instruction..

Would you let any child walk away believing that pigs can talk after reading the story of the three pigs to them or without teaching them the unwritten moral of the story?

Even with greek mythology I'm sure there were some numbskulls who believed that gods were invisible giants, some who disregarded it all as superstitions for the weak minded, but there were probably many more who understood the metaphors which gave them access to secret treasures buried and hidden in the distant past.


even vampires and witches allude to an actual type of person that actually exists in society, just like zombies do.

Once you understand the metaphors you can decipher the imagery conjured in the mind by the figurative language used and your eyes will be opened to see the actual reality.....

So a person can believe in witches and vampires, talking serpents and talking donkeys, sorcerers, curses and magic spells, flawed gods living in the clouds using ordinary mortals like pawns, even angels and demons, and not have one superstitious bone in their body.

If you think they were and are all superstitious it is because you have failed to understand...our so called primitive and superstitious ancestors have encrypted information in a way that still eludes many of the smartest people out there and still works like a charm...

I think it's pretty obvious by reading some of their other writings that they didn't understand the ways of the world and wanted to attribute natural occurrences to Gods.

 

[dblack]

If man evolved from the monkey, then why are monkeys not still evolving?

Because they aren't intelligent enough to understand how evolution works.