Sci/Tech 'Game-changer' in evolution from S. African bones

[Varine]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=evolution+from+monkeys

 

[Kershbob]

Humans are a species of great ape.

Primate
->Haplorrhini
-->Simiiformes
--->Hominidae
---->Hominini
----->Homo
------>Homo sapiens sapiens

Taxonomy :L

 

[Bronxernijn]

So if I got it right, we didn't evolve from apes, but we share the same primate right? That is what I was taught in school.

A few years ago I argued against evolution on this forum, but then I accepted the fact that my religious views don't change whether there is evolution or not. Then, all of a sudden, evolution made a whole lot more sense.

 

[NoobImbaPro]

*So if I got it right, we didn't evolve from apes, but we share the same primate right?

What's the difference? That we evolved from something 95% equal to ape, or from a 100% ape?
Now that relieves you?

@Wummi and FireCat

Evolution is a widely accepted theory by the vast majority of scientists who know more about it and understand it far better than anyone in this thread.

Arguing against it is an exercise in ignorance and futility.

Spend some time on Google before you keep arguing.

agreed

 

[FireCat]

If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Because we DID NOT evolve from them. Evolution is Just a theory created by one man! If evolution was true then. Why don't we see transtionial species?!

 

[Varine]

If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Because we DID NOT evolve from them. Evolution is Just a theory created by one man! If evolution was true then. Why don't we see transtionial species?!

Don't worry, evolution clearly hasn't had a significant effect on all of us.

 

[Wiseman_2]

If evolution was true then. Why don't we see transtionial species?!

Erm... not that I'm trying to make you look stupid or anything... (you do that perfectly well on your own)...

But the article at the top of this thread is about the discovery of another transitional fossil.

 

[UndeadDragon]

Don't worry, evolution clearly hasn't had a significant effect on all of us.

I would frame this.

 

[Kershbob]

If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

We are apes.
Humans do not live in the same niche as other currently extant apes.

Because we DID NOT evolve from them. Evolution is Just a theory created by one man! If evolution was true then. Why don't we see transtionial species?!

This is conjecture.
"Just a theory" makes no sense.
Every species is transitional.

The theory of evolution is accepted; if you want to disprove it you need evidence. The process of evolution is a fact; you can observe it. Just because you don't understand a process doesn't mean you can claim it doesn't happen and certainly doesn't mean you can try to convince other people of your baseless opinion.

 

[FireCat]

is about the discovery of another transitional fossil.

It's Just a bone of a hand! Nothing else. There's nothing special about it. Really!

We are apes.

Hehe
Well, that's Okay if you wanna evolution from apes.

 

[shinami]

We should submit FireCat to the community of science, I think he's another transitional species.

 

[Hatebreeder]

We should submit FireCat to the community of science, I think he's another transitional species.

You so mean ( eventhough I had to laugh pretty hard ).

I don't know if you had Pedagogy/Philosophy or something in that direction, but let me explain something to you, FireCat.
First off, I hope you know Immanuel Kant, he is a brilliant guy and Annette Scheunpflug.

Basically, a man is not defined by it's genes entirely. Why? There is a simple example with Sunflowers.
Imagine a Sunflower, that is exposed to Wind and one, which is not.
Naturally, they should have the same genes or at least they don't differ in the Phenotype ( appearence ). However, the Sunflower, which is exposed to wind has a thicker Stem than the other. That is evidence, that evolution occurs in all lifeforms.

So, being related to apes is a theory that is possible, but it's not known for sure.
However, evolution is very real.

 

[camelCase]

Are we seriously trying to convince him that evolution is real? =/

 

[Siretu]

Are we seriously trying to convince him that evolution is real? =/

We're not only trying to seriously convince him. We're failing as well.

 

[camelCase]

I don't believe in Gravity.
My proof: Clouds.
WHY ARE THEY STILL UP THERE!?

 

[Varine]

I don't believe in Gravity.
My proof: Clouds.
WHY ARE THEY STILL UP THERE!?

They is in space.

 

[Kershbob]

It's Just a bone of a hand! Nothing else. There's nothing special about it. Really!

It's not just a hand.
It's certainly not a hand bone of an extant species at first glance.
It is special to people in the field of Biology, Taxonomy and Palaeontology (all linked via the study of evolution).

Hehe. Well, that's Okay if you wanna evolution [sic] from apes.

I don't think you understand what an ape is. Humans are a type of ape in the same way a chair is a type of furniture. If you mean great ape, we're still that, if you mean any commonly referred to clade in that heirarchy that is not homo then we probably did not evolve as a species from something in that clade.

Single organisms do not "evolution" from anything. Organisms inherit genes from their parental lines and species genetic pool alters over generations.

 

[Hatebreeder]

I don't believe in Gravity.
My proof: Clouds.
WHY ARE THEY STILL UP THERE!?

Pokémon taught me, that water evolves into clouds.

 

[Varine]

Pokémon taught me, that water evolves into clouds.

I thought water evolved into Squirtles.

 

[FireCat]

Hahahaha

Hmm, so what did apes evolved from? aliens?