Roger Dynamic Motion Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) If the Mans descend from the ''race'' of Monkeys Why ? are there still Monkeys. Edited May 3, 2017 by Roger Dynamic Motion -5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Because they don't. Humans and monkeys share a common ancestor, that's it. More specifically their (our) catarrhines ancestors split into the sister groups Apes (Hominoidea) and old world monkeys (Cercopithecidae). Also note that race denotes a classification below the species level. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 If you're descended from your grandparents, why do you have cousins? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Or ... American English is descended from UK English. But they still speak English in the UK. And, of course, worth noting that humans did not evolve from monkeys. The apes (including humans) and monkeys evolved from a common ancestor. Edited May 3, 2017 by Strange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 If the Mans descend from the ''race'' of Monkeys Why ? are there still Monkeys. This is the part where you post back something reasonable, along the lines of, "I understand now. I misunderstood how evolution works. I was criticizing something I haven't studied at all, and I will never repeat this specious and ignorant argument again." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Dynamic Motion Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 If you're descended from your grandparents, why do you have cousins? Because !~ we're all human and belong to the same race ,,,no argument there.../ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 OK, if Irish Americans are descended from the Irish people, how come there are still Irish people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Because !~ we're all human and belong to the same race ,,,no argument there.../ Division, separation, is human-made classification basing on f.e. features of living organism (now it's DNA-test based: take DNA from some mammal, some monkey, some ape, some human, compare them and calculate how much they match each other). In the reality there is smooth, invisible to "somebody in the box", transition. Huge fundamental difference = inability to have offspring. Transition from one specie to other specie has no "sharp edge" between them. Edited May 3, 2017 by Sensei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Oh no! This obvious oversight into a model of reality - that has applications in everything from medicine to farming - has completely brought down the institution of scientific knowledge and investigation, like the house of cards it is. Well, I guess I'll just have to reject science and convert to Hinduism instead. Edited May 3, 2017 by Daecon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankglennjacobs@gmail.com Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Going back just a bit farther than the famous primate issues, a burning question is how the first DNA molecule was formed. What sort of chemistry is it? (Besides those famous amino acids that carry its information.) Under what sort of conditions might such a complex molecule form up spontaneously? Are there likely precursors to DNA? What would be the simplest possible DNA molecule? (And don't bother to tell me with scathing sarcasm how dumb I am. I ask because I don't know.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Going back just a bit farther than the famous primate issues, a burning question is how the first DNA molecule was formed. No one knows. Are there likely precursors to DNA? RNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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