Tasdik wrote:Nick Invaders wrote:Well every organism, that has DNA for genetic information, has some small similarity in their DNA. Chimps being the most similar to us(of the species that are still living today). Chimps are mammals, so are we. They use tools, so do we. We evolved to use more complex tools, or rather we evolved better brains to better make and use more complex tools.
If there is some degree of similarity between species, there is a high probability that they both had the same ancestor.
Does this mean that Chimps could evolve at some time in the far future to be what we are today? Or are they stuck where their at? And why did we evolve and they didn't?
Not really sure how sound the logic is in the last sentence. But whatever.
Again you show a lack of understanding of evolution. I can see you're trying to learn but without the basics you're just asking questions without any comprehension of the meaning of their answers. I'll answer them anyway so you can't say you weren't given one but knowledge without comprehension is wasted knowledge. Until you understand what evolution is answering these questions is more like talking to a wall than having an actual discussion, no offense.
Just because fish share common a common ancestor doesn't mean that eventually they will all evolve into trout. The same goes for chimps. We are not the apex of primate evolution we are merely one of the many paths primate evolution was capable of taking. This does not mean that all primates will eventually evolve into Homo Sapiens. They could evolve into many things depending on climate, resources, and random mutations. Evolution does not necessarily mean a growth of intelligence nor is intelligence the sign of a highly evolved species.
To answer the next question chimps are not stuck in the evolution processes. They certainly aren't being helped along buy us hunting them to extinction and destroying their habitat but they are still evolving, all things are. The genetic make up of people is constantly changing from generation to generation. Each time a new child is born they have within them the chance to start their offspring down a different path than the rest of us. That is how random and subtle evolution is. What may start as a tumorous growth of extra bones may after millions of years evolve into some type of organic armor plating. It is impossible to predict the path of a certain mutation and what the outcome will be but its easy to see it in the past using fossil records. You can see the subtle changes that took place in a species over millions of years. Turtle shells are the result of a mutation that caused their bones to extend eventually over millions of years this mutated into a top shell and after millions of more years it mutated into a bottom one as well. I know im saying years but think of it in terms of generations, think how many generations of turtles were spawned the course of tens of millions of years, each birth was an opportunity for mutation/evolution. So evolution is a slow processes but a constant one.
And for your last question, it is irrelevant if you are looking for some deep meaning and showcases your ignorance of evolution more than any other question because the answer is simply, evolution. Mutations are random, there is no special reason why we turned out the way we did. Millions of years ago one of our ancestors mutations was successful enough that it didn't kill them. Maybe it helped them along but it was probably too subtle to make a noticeable impact. That ancestor reproduced and its offspring were successful enough that that genetic mutation caught on and over millions of years and changes in diet, climate, and location we evolved into what we are today. The ancestors of Chimps continued its path of evolution into the modern chimp. Its not like chimps haven't evolved at all over the past millions of years, what you see today is what they've evolved into. That is all there is to it.
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This has been discussed here for more than 3 or 4 years now.