Did humans really come from apes?

Answer 1

No, man did not descend from apes, at least not the modern apes that we know. However, there is overwhelming evidence, both from the fossil record and from DNA, that man is descended from the same common ancestor as the apes. Our ancestors diverged from the ancestors of chimpanzees around seven million years ago.

Answer 2

According to the evolutionary theory man is descended from an ape-like creature. This creature supposedly would have appeared very much like an ape although it has now supposedly died out..

According to The Bible man was created by God in the beginning and apes etc were created separately.

The actual evidence for the evolution of man is scanty (usable bones could apparently fit into a coffin) and inconclusive. It is also contradictory and constantly changing due to supposed new evidence which overturns previous ideas. The supposed missing links which are desperately sought after and are needed to prove the theory, often turn out to be either true apes or real human forms similar to variants of homo sapiens. This is all in the public domain and admitted by evolutionists themselves.

In relation to Genesis creation, scientists on the basis of their work on Mitochondria are talking about 'Mitochondrial Eve'. This does not mean that they believe in a literal Eve but that the evidence points towards the human race being descended from a single individual female. It also does not imply that they are referring to a literal Eve as in the Genesis account. They still hold to the descent from an ape-like ancestor before this. Creationists would interpret this research somewhat differently.

Calculations of the rate of Mitochondial mutations point to this being much more recent than previously thought. This, together with other scientific evidence supporting a young earth, undermines the whole evolutionary view, including the idea of descent from an ape-like ancestor.

In short, it has not been proven that man has descended from an ape-like creature. However, as many people's presuppositions require it to be so they will accept it regardless of the ongoing problems, gaps etc. Some Christians will seek to incorporate science into their faith and so accept it as well even though it flatly contradicts the Bible account. Evolutionists, would of course reverse this and say that some Christians accept the Bible creation account despite the evidence against it.

This is one area where it is important for each person to make up his own mind. It is also important to know what the evidence actually is so that an informed choice can be made. As both a thinking person and a Christian I do not accept it as true. No scientific evidence exists which contradicts this.

Answer 3

Humans are classified as apes. Our closest living relative is the Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, which shares 98% of the human genome (that means that 98% of Chimpanzee and human DNA is identical). Humans are one of seven species considered Great Apes: Humans (Homo sapiens), Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Bonobos (Pan paniscus), Western Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), Eastern Gorillas (Gorilla beringei), Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), and Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii).

Answer 4

Not really. It's more correct to say that both humans and apes are descended from a common ancestor who was neither ape or human. His lifeline split up, one branch eventually became humans as we are today, another became the apes.

Answer 5

The claim that humans started as apes as we know them today is a religious construct intended to undermine the credibility of science. In fact, the considerable evidence of the fossil record shows that early hominids evolved from a species ancestral to chimpanzees and humans, some seven million years ago. An evolutionary chain led to our immediate ancestors, Homo erectus and then to our own species, Homo sapiens, around 200,000 years ago.

There is as much proof of evolution as it is possible to have, including the DNA evidence that confirms that our unique ancestors evolved away from the ancestors of chimpanzees seven million years ago.

Answer 6

No our ancestors did not come from apes, but humans and apes have a common ancestor, then at that point it split into two branches which are the apes and humans.

Answer 7

It's probably more accurate to say that modern humans and modern monkeys have a common ancestor.

Answer 8

No. Humans and other apes had a common ancestor millions of years ago.

Answer 9

YES!