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If humans evolved from monkeys, what did monkeys evolve from? And what did that creature evolve from?

In the theory of evolution, we evolved from monkeys. Well,what was the first creature and how was it formed? Where did it come from? How do you explain all the different creatures on Earth if we all evolved from one? I believe in creation personally.

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  • 2 decades ago
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    simple: humans didn't evolve from monkeys!!! :D yeah, I believe in creation too-- and the God who made it.

  • 2 decades ago

    The form of evolution that produced the greatest variation in creatures was Sexual Selection. This is where the female of the species prefers a particulare trait in a male such as biggest tail feathers in a peacock or largest size in the elephant seal. The percentage of babys produced with the tait is increased dramatically. With the elephant seal, the size of the males have increased so much now that the males will accidently crush the babys especially during fights.

    Aside from that, when there is a dramatic change in the environment say the earth cools, or heats dramatically there will be an explosion of different species to cope. Dramatic change, will change the DNA of food crops or their productivity, and so on up the food chain species will evolve to cope. We know this happens, as it has been observed particularily on the Galapogus Islands where plants under stress are changing their seeds. Some finches have had to take up blood sucking of other birds to cope and now have a completely different appearance.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    What Did Man Evolve From

  • 2 decades ago

    OMG! If your going to quote a theory at least do some research on it first.

    The theory of evolution regarding Hominids says absolutely NOTHING about man evolving from monkeys. Like a few said before, we share a common ancestor.

    If you REALLY want to know then read EVERYTHING at this site regarding human evolution - Source 1 and

    "Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans are more closely related to modern apes than to monkeys, but we didn't evolve from apes, either. Humans share a common ancestor with modern African apes, like gorillas and chimpanzees. 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." - Source 2

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Well creation, let's see... god snaps his fingers and *poof* light, waits a day *poof* water *poof* land *poof* sun & moon *poof* fills the air and the seas *poof* fills the land with animals and then humans. Just one very simple question...how is it that that all these dinosaurs were created and died on the same day instead of the millions of years that scientific evidence places in between dinosaurs walking the earth and humans walking the earth? Why is it that SOME things from the bible are taken so literally so as not to allow for scientific reason and PROOF?

  • 2 decades ago

    To add to what spartanerik said, humans share 98.4% of their DNA with their closest living evolutionary relatives, the two species of chimpanzees.

  • 2 decades ago

    the theory of evolution doesnt say we directly evolved from monkeys

    if you read it, you'll realize it says that humans and monkeys may have had a COMMON ANCESTOR

    doesnt mean they descended from each other; it just means that they were almost genetically similar

    right now scientists are finding out that neanderthals and humans were two different species..

    creation doesnt make sense. science always has the proof.

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