Why do Atheists believe we evolved from apes?

Question

Science clearly states that once a species evolves from another, the species being evolved from goes extict. Obviously there are many apes around still. Look at dinosaurs. Science recently discovered chickens evolved from dinosaurs and there are no dinosaurs. Whales evolved from land animals millions of years ago, and those land animals no longer exist. This is proof God created humans. There is nothing to contradict this.

Answer 1

You don't know what you are talking about. The tiger and the lion both evolved from a common ancestor. We know this because they can breed and created a hybrid animal. The hybrid is infertile, because the tiger and lion are different species. The ancestor of both did not go extinct, obviously. If you go back even farther, a common ancestor to the great cats and the domestic cat existed.



The Tyranosaurus Rex shares DNA with birds because the ancestor of the birds (including chickens) was a small, down-covered dinosaur. Tyranosaurus Rex was a dead end because of the mass extinction of MOST dinosaurs when the meteor struck. It was not the direct ancestor of the chicken. A possible ancestor of the birds was Archeopterix (sp?) which had the body of a dinosaur, but also had feathers and could use them to glide from tree to tree.

Answer 2

Where does "Science clearly state" that once a species evolves the one it evolved from goes extinct? Go and read about Darwin and Galapogos and the finches. He recognized evolution (or at least selective reproduction) because of differences between finches in the Galapogos and South America. The finches from South America made it to the Galapogos islands where the environmental demands were different. The birds had to adapt to the new environment to survive. So after time, you have a new species of finch. Yet you still have the old species of finch in South America. Science does not state that extinction must occur for a species to advance.



Next up is that you are clinging to the age old stupid argument of "If we evolved from apes then why are there still apes." Once again, you should read up on science. It does not say that humans evolved from apes. It says that apes and humans share a common ancestor. Apes evolved one way and humans evolved another way.



So, your argument is not proof that a god created humans. Science contradicts your argument of many levels.

Answer 3

Yea, even being a Theist myself, I have to say that you are making all kinds of incorrect assumptions.



Not all atheists believe we evolved from apes, first of all. The only thing that atheism means is rejecting theism. I'm sure half the atheists in the world don't think about or care where we came from.



Science has all kinds of speculation, but no one has "proven" that dinosaurs turned into chickens or that whales evolved from land mammals. These are at best supported conjecture.



Evolution does pose the problem of the missing link. But you are almost bringing a point against yourself, because if whales evolved from land mammals that are now extinct, then human beings may just as easily have evolved from something other than (but similar to) apes that are now also extinct.



And nothing that you said, even if it were proven fact, could "prove" that God created humans. Have you thought about what "proving" something even means?

Answer 4

What you say is wrong in several respects. Science does NOT state that once a species evolves from another, the other species goes extinct. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Not all intermediate forms are extinct, for example there are fish which can exist on land and breathe air still today (see below).



What's more, in case of humans we did not evolve from apes, we share a common ancestor with apes.



There goes your "proof". Poof!

Answer 5

Science does not claim that evolution of species is itself cause for extinction. There is no such aspect to evolution.



In short -- this is what is known as a Straw Man Arguement. You've set up an easy to prove wrong statement... but that statement doesn't have anything to do with what is truly said by the other side.





But let's make this more concrete. You have a population of large lizards (say, iguana sized) living on a large island straddling a tectonic fault. The eastern tectonic plate is drifting north, the western one is relatively stable. This splits the island, and the population, into two. The population that is north bound is exposed to colder and colder climates over millions of years, and evolves into a semi warm blooded species then into a full fledged warm blooded species. The population that stays put in the original climate wouldn't significantly change because their climate hasn't changed.



New species even though the original species remains.

Answer 6

What are you so petrified of which you forget approximately relating to the fact?!! Primates are mammals that contain lemurs, monkeys, apes and human beings. The Strepsirrhini, or “moist-nosed” primates, which contain lemurs and lorises, branched off around sixty 3 million years in the past. previous international monkeys and apes divided from New international monkeys approximately 40 million years in the past. Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, which probably resembles the easy ancestor of recent international monkeys and apes, lived approximately 29 million years in the past. The apes chop up from previous international monkeys approximately 25 million years in the past. human beings and chimpanzees diverged 5-7 million years in the past. Of the macaque's almost 3 billion DNA base pairs, ninety 3.5 consistent with cent are comparable to those interior the human genome. it particularly is not unpredicted for a species whose lineage diverged from our very own approximately 25 million years in the past. The human and chimp genomes, which diverged basically 6 million years in the past, are approximately ninety 8 consistent with cent comparable. One confusing discovery is that various mutations that reason genetic illnesses in human beings - including phenylketonuria and Sanfilippo syndrome, which bring about psychological retardation - are the traditional form in macaques and, probably, our very own ancestors. So on each chop up the unique have been given left in the back of to stay because it exchange into! the 1st actual hominid has been shown to exceptionally much actual arrived interior the super Rift Valley yet as a made of evolving from this is monkey and ape ancestry!! in many procedures attempting to disclaim those information is worse than the creationinsts fantasies!! the two prepare a desire to forget approximately relating to the fact!! .

Answer 7

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Where the hell did you take science?



And even if it DID "state that" (it doesn't); evolutionary theory shows that man & ape had a common ancestor.



tfp; hth

Answer 8

The bible is hardly proof of any such god's existance. It is only proof that people who wrote a fairy tale book thousands of years ago and you are using it as "proof" that god created humans using dirt & magic.



I find it amazing the sheer stupidity of people....... You'll believe that god "poofed" humans here...... one from dirt & the other from the first creation's ribs.... but you don't believe that humans, over time, developed from the offspring of a combination of animals over billions of years?! Human beings ARE animals, after all... just a more advanced animal.



I have never read anything on evolution that stated that once a species evolves the previous incarnation of that species goes extinct.... I'd like to see where you got that information from.



Why is it so difficult to grasp that we are just a more advanced species of primate, but so believable that we were magically created?? Are you really that naive??

Answer 9

Listen, evolution is not that hard to wrap your mind around.



Imagine evolution as a tree diagram. New species split off from the old branches, but those older branches don't just disappear. Sometimes they will die out but more often than not they remain, and continue in their own direction of development.



I wish you would honestly make an effort to try and understand how the world works.



And even if it were as you said, how is that proof that God created humans? You have as much "proof" of that as you might have if you claimed that we were all placed here by some advanced extraterrestrial race.

Answer 10

Science clearly states that once a species evolves from another, the species being evolved from goes extict.

-- No it doesn't. Sources please.



This is proof God created humans.

-- Why?

Answer 11

I am a "fundie" as atheists like to say but your question, or rather, statement, is full of false assumptions, conclusions and premisies. Much like the easily dismissed statements made by atheists and agnostics making statements regarding Christianity.



As you study evolution I am confident that you will find the inconsistencies, contradictions and blind leaps of faith that are contained in that theory. Bud please refrain from making statements on the subject until you are more familiar with it. .

Answer 12

1. we didn't! We evolved from the same thing - a COMMON ANCESTOR".



2. This is flawed logic. Even if evolution WAS wrong (which it isn't) it would not necessarily mean creationism is correct.



3. *drink*

Answer 13

God bless you.



Everyone who has a head,two hands and two legs etc. is not human necessarily.

Like Atheists, are just a higher stature apes than third degree lower stature apes.

So evolution is still in progress to evolve them medium degree apes and then higher one is very far.

Evolution just evolve lower stature into little higher one but the apes are still the apes. I mean, Atheists.

Answer 14

Your god stated to keep slaves and pay a few pieces of silver to keep a female you raped.



No atheist I know of has ever stated we came from an ape, but a common ancestor. Get your story straight.

Answer 15

That's not true in the slightest. If that WERE true, there would only be one species of life on the planet. Life branches out. Certain mutations that make a particular species able to more efficiently thrive tend to live, while species that are not able to thrive in their environment die quickly. Several changes are capable of happening at once, creating several branches in the family tree.

Answer 16

SIGH...people did not evolve from apes; apes and humans have a common ancestor. If you are a top contributor, you will have seen this question and this answer a million times. Typical religious nut just refusing to acknowledge the overwhelming evidence.

Answer 17

You haven't read or studied the theory at all have you? Nobody said we evolved from apes. It says the humans and apes have a COMMON ANCESTER! Their is both skeletal and DNA proof of those ancestors. Thus proof that GOD DID NOT CREAT HUMANS. There is plenty to contradict your statement, you just choose to ignore it.

Answer 18

If you want to play the science game, back it up.



Show me your sources for your claim that 'science clearly states.' In all my decades of reading and study, I've never seen that one.



Prove to me that science clearly makes this claim and I'll go to church this weekend. Here's your chance to win one back. Can you manage it?

Answer 19

................. NONSENSE,...... the term species only denotes its taxonomic category.

Extinction is not an automatic precursor to a species evolution.



Its irrelevant whether your'e a short, lightly built asian,....... a medium tall, medium built anglo saxon,........ or a 7 foot tall african basketball player.



Size, shape and colour are immaterial,..... because each are evolutionary descendants,.... of a primitive primate family....... Pre historic primates, dating back to the Tertiary/Paleocene Period,.... 55 million years ago.



So,........ regardless of our external colors or features,...... our 4 most recent genus are:



Homo erectus,............... 1.6 million yrs ago:

Homo sapiens,.............. 100,000 yrs ago:

Neanderthrals,............... 50,000 yrs ago:

and Cro magnon,........... 30,000 yrs ago.



Modern man,....... is a primate,..... with pre historic primate ancestors, and the 3rd largest mammal species in existence, so get used to it dude,........ and dont litter your banana skins.

Answer 20

boy, teacher. you sure are brilliant. nothing you're saying has ever been said before. you are truly an original soul. why haven't they elected you pope yet? i really love how you just try to stir crap up. there just isn't enough negativity in the world, so it's a darn good thing we have you to create some!



love ya!

Answer 21

if we evolved from the apes why arent we still evolving man and woman virtually unchanged since 1a.d. we may have became more civilized christianity moving forward while islam moving backwards

Answer 22

Try opening a basic science book sometime, you'd be surprised what you find

Answer 23

Please take some classes or some books. Science says no such thing. Your ignorance is embarrassing.



I see now that you are just another troll trying to make look Creationists look moronic. They do well enough on their own without you pretending you are one.

Answer 24

Because apes have more intelligent questions to ask.

Answer 25

I hope you are kidding.



Science does NOT in any way, shape, or form state that.



Your "information" is false.

Answer 26

Why do you even care?

Answer 27

atheism and evolution are two different things . we are apes you idiot .

Answer 28

You are joking, right?



Trolling?

Answer 29

Because they are as smart as an ape. Peace out.............