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Author Topic:   Human Evolution (re: If evolved from apes, why still apes?)
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Message 88 of 128 (523216)
09-08-2009 10:17 PM
Reply to: Message 87 by djwray
09-08-2009 9:58 PM


Re: Why still apes
humans didn't evolve from apes. Instead they evolved from Homo Erectus (and probably Neanderthals), which in turn evolved from another, probably Homo Habilis.
Homo sapiens, Homo erectus, Homo Neaderthalensis, and Homo habilis are all apes.
Humans and apes are so diverse that humans couldn't evolve from them
We share ~95% of our DNA with chimps, how much diversity is there in that ~5%?
I also believe that members of the Homo Erectus species gave birth to humans.
Well depending on how you define "human" (I've seen some people with that opinion that "anything in the genus Homo is human) that could be true. But if you mean a H. erectus birthing a H. sapiens then you're out to lunch.

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