If humans evolved from apes why aren't the apes still evolving?

Question

Also, if the idea is that we keep transending what you suppose we will evolve into next?

Answer 1

we evolved from a more advanced ape as for  next  i have to say nothing we will wipe ourselves out  way before then..

Answer 2

The apes ARE still evolving. Humans and apes fill different ecological niches and we are all evolving currently.

Answer 3

Why arent humans evolving?? I scratch my head..,, scratch my butt

Answer 4

We are not evolved from apes.  We both evolved from common ancestors several million years ago.  The differences between apes and people (and monkeys and lemurs) are the result of evolutionary changes from the species that preceded that we find in fossil evidence.  And if we don't kill them all off, and we keep good records, we may be able to show further evolutionary changes.

  Based on current forecasts for earth, the population will evolve in the direction of people who can stand greater heat, use less water and breath polluted air.

Answer 5

I believe they are and so are we. I think we will eventually lose our wisdom teeth. There really isn't a need....................

Answer 6

If Jews are humans, were they apes too ?

Answer 7

They are!  Evolution is a slow process though.  The human race is no longer breeding within the parameters of natural selection, so we will continue to slide toward being a less healthy species.  Some of these effects may be offset by today's diversity though!  Mixing of the races makes for a healthier species overall.

Answer 8

They are evolving, and the idea of evolution is not that we keep transcending.  That's Terence McKenna's idea, also valid.

Answer 9

Actually they are, just along a different path than humans, but the apes in the world today are far different than the ones of, say, 1000 years ago.

Answer 10

They are in a way, it's only that it takes a VERY long time for the process of evolution to take place, next we will probably become a more intelligent hominid.

Answer 11

Apes aren't still evolving? Where did you get that erroneous idea?

Answer 12

That is only a theory.  No one can prove that man evolved from any creature.  If they could it would be called scientific fact and not a theory.

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Answer 13

they are still evolving!!! everything is always evolving and changing!!

next step in evolution will be determined y our environment!! as it changes we will adapt to it... so its hard to say how we will evolve...

AND WE DIDN'T EVOLVE FROM APES, WE HAVE A COMMON ANCESTOR IN WHICH WE BOTH EVOLVED FROM!!

Answer 14

Apes are continually evolving. Evolution cannot be seen over 100 years. Even over 1000 years, evolutionary changes will be minute and genetic. Such records have only been kept over the last few decades, so it stands to reason that the common misconception is that apes are not evolving. Geneticists and scientists will attest to the fact that apes and chimps and in fact all creatures are constantly evolving to the environment.

For us humans, we can make some predictions as to what might happen to us. Keep in mind these are predictions, and we can never know because the future is uncertain. Evolution for us will slowly get rid of useless traits and parts of the body. The appendix, for example, serves no purpose and scientists feel that we will evolve to be born without one.

The muscles in the ear are not fully developed - like in moneys - and have no purpose (other than piercings) and might be eliminated by evolution. Same goes for the tailbone, which is the remnant of a tail that some of our ancestors might have had.

An interesting aspect of evolution is that we might not have goosebumps anymore. Goosebumps occur when we are cold and when we are nervous or afraid. In the distant past, if we were being hunted by predators, goosebumps would form and all the hair would stand on end, making us look bigger, and hopefully scaring off predators. We see this when cats are afraid or angry. Now that we have much lesser hair, the effect is slowly fading away because it serves no purpose.

Evolution is interesting and unpredictable. Nobody, not even the foremost experts on the subject, can accurately say what will become of us, but some good guesses have been made, and now with detailed genetic records being kept, the future generations will know exactly how they differ from their ancestors - us.

Answer 15

Firstly, apes are, along with every other living species continually evolving. Secondly, it is not a case that humans evolved from the great apes living today. We do however share a common ancestor. This simply means that we are different evolutionary tracks.

Answer 16

Apes are still evolving.  There are very few ape fossils to compare them too so it is difficult to know how fast they are evolving.  You probably need to start talking about significantly more than a million years before you would see much change in humans.  We could split into several different forms and it is anybody's guess which would survive.  It is hard to not put your money on the highly aggressive, communicative and moderately intelligent version that became modern humans.  We will likely be a similar but different version of ourselves with some odd relatives that may find a way to survive.

Answer 17

The two premises in your question are both incorrect.

1. Humans did not evolve from apes.  Human and apes are thought to have evolved from a common ancestor, although that ancestor has not been found yet.

2. Apes are still evolving.

There are two types of forces at work in evolution.  One works very slowly and one more rapidly.

There are constant small refinements in species such as humans and apes due to sexual reproduction (merging RNA of parents to pass on to child).  Changes such as these spread out through the species very slowly and have limited variability.

There are occasional large changes in species due to mutations.  These changes happen immediately, and if they give the individual a very large advantage over the non-mutated individuals, it can spread through the species very quickly.  Mutations have a much greater range of variability.

All species who depend on sexual reproduction are constantly evolving and adapting to their environment, so apes are still evolving.

Answer 18

apes are still evolvin.they have much smarter behaviours than they used to.

we're evolving too, our brains' capacity (not size) is getting larger and larger and we can comprehend more complicated things as technology evolves.

Answer 19

Evolution doesn't always mean becoming more complex.  Also, if a species does not have evolutionary forces acting upon it (i.e. environmental changes, interspecific intereactions) that species tends to remain static.

Answer 20

They are.  Evolution takes a very long time.

Answer 21

This question gets asked over and over, maybe slightly different words but basically the same.

Let me ask you something: Can you see evolution? It;s not like it happens before your eyes. It takes a long, long...LONG time.