• Question: If we evolved from chimps/monkeys then why are they still here?

    Asked by zambiekittehcatt to Lewis on 8 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Lewis Dean answered on 8 Mar 2014:

      Think of your cousins – you share ancestors (your grandparents), but you and your cousin are still different people.

      Evolution is the same – we have the same ancestors as chimps and monkeys (and, if you go far enough back in time with every living thing), but we didn’t evolve *from* the chimps and monkeys that we see today.

      Don’t think of evolution as a ladder with us at the top, think of it as a huge spreading family tree! We may have amazing brains, but we are no more evolved than any other species.

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