What IS Evelution?

Question

like seriosly what the **** are these scientists thinkinking? What is going through there minds to believe that what happened god knows how the **** long ago the MONKEYS were evolving to man. Like Explain this to me!

Answer 1

Keep in mind that the science of evolution is NOT belief, it is based on evidence.  The EVIDENCE (not the belief in god) is that there have been changes, some infrequently and some more often, that have led to different organisms existing on earth.

Darwin explained that not all members of a species of organism are identical.  He described that features vary.  He also recognized that the earth is not stagnant.  He identified that there are changes in the environment.  Some changes are subtle and some are dramatic.  Regardless, when there is a change it may be dramatic enough to affect the organisms that live in that environment (we now call those 'micro' environments ecosystems).  

When those changes occurred, due to variation, some of the organisms might no longer have the traits that allow them to continue to survive while others, again due to variation, HAVE favorable (favorable to the environment) traits and they will continue to survive.

Those that survive pass their traits to their offspring and THOSE offspring also vary.  So, if over time, there is more change, then some offspring (those with unfavorable traits) will die and some (those with favorable traits) will live and so on.

However, sometimes, due to variation, some of the original organisms continue to live as well as, due to that pattern of variation, the 'new' members of the specie that is a bit different than the original ... they BOTH fit the environment so they both continue to live.   That is called "divergent evolution."

I find it interesting that someone would ask such a question.  I've also noticed that those who ask such questions are, almost invariably, conservative fundamentalist christian evangelicals.  Such "fundigelicals" refused to accept the science that humans and apes have common ancestry while also claiming that it is totally unacceptable that a genetic relationship exists between humans and lower life forms yet unquestioningly accept the bible telling them that they came from dirt.

Answer 2

evolution is virtually survival of the fittest

an example is the size of a human head

there supposedly were many different species of humans, and we (homo sapiens) are the only ones left.

this is because of head size. So apparantly one day there was a baby born that had a head larger than everyone else, and it happened to be a homo sapien. Bigger head=bigger brain so it could figure things out easier, and survive better. So it mated with other homo sapiens, and then those babies had bigger brains. So basically the other human species had to compete with smarter humans for food, shelter ect. They couldn't keep up so they died. Basically evolution.

I understand your beliefs, and i agree, but i wont get into that now

Answer 3

you need to step out of your little mindset and become a lot more objective if you wish to actually understand this.

it's not that monkeys evoleved into people.. its that we share a common anscestor