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To: b_sharp

The kind that proves beyond a reasonable doubt to scientists that man is descendant from apes.

If we are descendant from apes, how come apes are still around?

I know this question has been asked several times, and I ask it again only because it's a valid question, which evolutionists still haven't answered, other than with a canned, ready-made non-direct response.


188 posted on 10/14/2006 8:54:18 PM PDT by stultorum (dont hire illegal aliens)
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To: stultorum
"The kind that proves beyond a reasonable doubt to scientists that man is descendant from apes.

That's been done. The vast majority of scientists, especially those in the fields related to Evolution have no doubt that man shares common ancestors with the other Great Apes.

That doesn't really answer my question. I asked what evidence *you* would accept and why.

"If we are descendant from apes, how come apes are still around?

Because speciation occurs when one population splits into two separate populations each following its own path. The population of our common ancestor with the chimpanzees split into two populations, one became the chimps we are familiar with and the other group became us. The common ancestor we have with chimps had a common ancestor with Gorillas. That population split into two, one group leading to modern Gorillas and the other leading to the common ancestor of the group that later split and lead to chimps and man.

The question really is equivalent to asking 'Why are there still Standard Poodles when we have Toy Poodles.

"I know this question has been asked several times, and I ask it again only because it's a valid question, which evolutionists still haven't answered, other than with a canned, ready-made non-direct response.

The answers you get are similar not because they are 'canned' responses but because they stem from the same information and the same logical consequences of Evolution.

195 posted on 10/14/2006 9:24:54 PM PDT by b_sharp (evolution is not, generally speaking, a global optimiser, but a general satisficer -J. Wilkins)
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To: stultorum
If we are descendant from apes, how come apes are still around?

About 6 million years ago the forests of Africa were shrinking. After a while there probably were too many apes for the resources. Some, probably the less capable got squeezed to the edges of the forest, the low-rent real estate.

They had to figure out how to make a living on the edges of the savanna, while the top dogs were still living high on the hog in the forests. Pretty soon, the two groups diverged, one adapting to the new environments they had been forced into, the other still living in the forests and changing little.

Over time the savanna group evolved into a different species, then into a different genus. The forest group changed little.

That is why there are still apes.

It is the same answer for many Americans, those of European descent. You could ask, Why are there still Europeans? But that would be pretty silly, right?

217 posted on 10/15/2006 8:25:14 AM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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