Why do monkeys are not evolving now?

Question

Why do monkeys are not evolving now?

Answer 1

Monkeys ARE evolving...The process of evolution is not visible in the span of a few generations...That's why it was formulated on the basis of archeological findings. We have only had photography for 180 years...Visible evolutionary changes would only be obvious after at least TEN TIMES THAT!

Evolution is usually very slow, and I fail to comprehend why people who have faith in something that is invisible and unprovable, are the ones who refuse to believe in scientific findings because they CAN'T SEE IT WHILE IT'S HAPPENING!

Evolution isn't fake...Science doesn't understand everything, but we know FOR A FACT that organisms change over time to better suit their environment, unless they are efficient enough to maintain their "perfected" morphology...Humans have stopped evolving in the way that we understand it because we no longer adapt ourselves to our environment...we adapt our environment to us...

Answer 2

First, it's a myth that all species are constantly evolving.

Most are stable for long periods of time, most of their existence.

Second, we're not most closely related to monkeys, but to apes, more specifically, chimps.

Turns out, chimps continued evolving longer than we did, according to the below quote (with source):

Zhang's team found that 233 chimp genes, compared with only 154 human ones, have been changed by selection since chimps and humans split from their common ancestor about 6 million years ago (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701705104).

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life...

Answer 3

they are, i just saw a clip on national geographic where a chimpanzee used a 'self made spear' to kill and eat a bush baby, there has olso been recorded instenses here in south africa where chimps and baboons make use of tools.

ok, so a chimp is not a monkey, it is an ape, but a lot of ppl don't know that.

Answer 4

Monkeys now are not the "monkeys" of our Common ancestor.

This fact alone supports the belief that they have & still are evolving.

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Answer 5

Well they actually are still evolving, but of couse seeing as their generational spacing is large like it is with humans this evolution is more difficult to see within a small time frame.  Evolution, however, is based primarily on reproductive success whereby the most fit individuals within given environments will produce the most offspring and the characteristics which provided that success will spread amongst the group.  Let me give you some examples of evolution occuring within primates.  Within the Great Apes our closest relatives are said to be the Chimpanzees or the Bonobos.  This is because these two primate species diverged from our common ancestor around 6 mya (million years ago) and then consequently split from their shared common ancestor 2-2.5 mya.  In this time an array of distinct differences have evolved that make these two species very distinguishable from one another and these differences are clearly from environmental pressures.  The bonobos, for instance practice bipedalism much more frequently then Chimpanzees and also have a drastically different means of conflict resolution, where as chimpanzees are much more quadrepedal, agressive and competitive.  So why have these characteristics sprung up in the mere 2my since these two groups were isolated from each other because of the changing flow of a river?  Well, the bonobos were restricted into a more swamp like/arboreal environment which was confined in space, where as the chimpanzees were left in a savanna/arboreal mixed environment which was expansive.  The swampy aspect of the bonobo habitat forced them to practice bipedalism frequently because their terrain was not fully traversable without adapting to this strategy periodically.  Those individuals who were better adapted became better foragers in providing access to resources and removing these same food resources from swampy areas and this characteristic has been selected for over generations.  Chimpanzees meanwhile have found great success in being primarily quadrapedal because the mixed arboreal savanna environment has no selective advantage towards being bipedal much to the chagrin of contemporary anthropology.  I wish that they could look at the primates that have adapted more bipedalism (proboscis for traversing mangrove forests, crab eating macaques when carrying their shellfish to shore, Japanese macaques when bathing in the hotsprings) before jumping to their foolish "mixed" hypothesis conclussion.  Anyways, that is a completely seperate topic, let me continue with your question.  The other differential traits between bonobos and chimpanzees that are very apparent are in how they deal with conflict resolution.  Bonobos, who live in a confined environment, rarely result in full out conflict.  They have a culture of threat displays and sexual resolution techniques that are fully employed before conflict arises.  This includes running bipedaly while dragging sticks, to p***s fencing, to female genital genital rubbing.  They appear to be bi-sexual at first, but upon further observation it becomes obvious that these rituals are all about relieving stress and combativness in a controlled manner and they are not actually s*x crazy primates as some have portrayed them.  Quite honestly, because of their confined space this group of primates can not afford to fight aggressively because conflicts would be too frquent and too costly to the group, so other means of conflict resolution have formed to adapt to this confined environment.  Chimpanzees, alternatively, do not have this confined environment and are an ultra competitive group of primates who tend to use physical dominace to aquire a higher ranking thus hopefully attaining more reproductive opportunities.  Chimpanzees have also been observed to conduct warfare and murder males from neighbouring groups and have clearly defined territories.  If bonobos were to live like this they would no longer be existing today because their troops show much more overlap between one another and conflicts and murders would have become far to commonplace if they lived like chimpanzees.  Research at Yerkes primate research center has utilized interactive and educational tools to determine the cognitive abilities of both of these primate species and as would be expected and coroborates what field observations would predict, bonobos are much better communicators, where as chimpanzees are much better tool makers.  If evolution was not occuring in monkeys then we would not be able to tell these two species apart, yet the distictions are too numerous to ignore.  

More recently primates of all types became afflicted with SIV (simian imunodeficiency virus).  Originally SIV would have acted much like HIV acts within the humans that it afflicts, but in the modern primate species SIV is hardly even noticible.  Evolution has adapted to the severity of such a virus and in modern primates their are many carriers of this virus who carry it completely through their productive and reproductive lifespans.  This is a great example of primate microevolution, and much like the human biology is constantly warring with bacteria and viruses on the micro level, the same is occuring in all primates.

As you can see all primates, including humans, are in a constant state of evolution.  If an environment on a macro scale is no longer very influential like is seen with humans and olive baboons especially, then there is little reason for any noticable phenotypic expression that might cause noticible morphological changes.  Undoubtedly, however, the environment on a micro scale is much more active due to the extremely short generational cycle of micro organisms and, as-of-such, this rapidly changing micro-environment is constantly being adapted to and evolution at this level is very apparent within all primates.

Answer 6

They are not supportive at all.

Answer 7

They are evolving.  They're getting stronger and smarter.  Whatever it takes to be best fit for their environment.

Answer 8

Oh god, not this question again. There are literally thousands of books, articles, journals, etc..that discuss the evolutionary process. Read one.

Answer 9

but they are evolving. hang around another 100 thousand years and you'll see one walking upright with a cup of espresso.

Answer 10

It's not like you can see it happening.  It takes many generations for any significant change to occur on a population-wide scale barring some kind of disaster resulting in a bottleneck effect.

Answer 11

The same question I asked myself !!!!!

Giving answers which do not belive in the Creation of God.

I started to think !... According to Darwin , we come from the monkey ....... Then why haven't the monkeys followed the evolution proccess all these centuries?.

Perhaps, would see them walking in the cities The Caveman beside us now ?

Answer 12

They are. Look at yourself.

Answer 13

Because they've seen George Bush and don't want to evolve into him ;-)

Answer 14

All life forms are evolving to some degree... some more rapidly than others.  Primates continue to evolve at a faster rate than most others. Should you truly have an interest in this I can post some links to genetic research.  Let me know?

Answer 15

There are NOT evolving Because Evolution is FAKE!!!! FAKE!!!! God is real not Stupid evolution!!!!!!! I cant believe that you would fall for stupid Evolution!!!!

Answer 16

Monkeys are ideally suited to their environment so they have evolved very little in millions of years.  It is only when the environment changes or something happens which makes a particular feature no longer ideal, that evolution happens relatively quickly.  It is a concept known as punctuated equilibrium.