Why do humans not have wings?

Answer 1

Humans do not have wings because in their evolutionary history, they used their limbs for other purposes besides flying. The ancestral tetrapod (the group that contains amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) had four limbs and between the Devonian and the mid-Cenozoic era, our ancestors used all four limbs for walking. When monkeys appeared their front two limbs became modified for grasping the tree branches, and apes initiated a type of locomotion called brachiation (swinging under the tree branches with their forelimbs). There was no need to learn to fly and most apes and even monkeys were heavier and more solid-boned than most of the animals that did fly at that time. When people descended to the ground their hands became modified for grasping. Birds, bats and pterosaurs all use or used their forelimbs for flying, which meant their forelimbs had little or no grasping ability. However, they could compensate for this by entering other types of ecological niches.

Humans do not have wings like birds, bats, and such because they were not created as such by their Maker. There's a reason and purpose for everything, though questions may not be answered until near death or after. The "Why?"s are meant to be reversed and satisfied; reality is meant for contentment.

Answer 2

Humans do not have wings because we never evolved to have them. Our anatomy, physiology, and evolutionary history as a species do not include wings, as flight was not a necessary adaptation for our survival and development. Additionally, the energy and resources required for flight would have likely outweighed the benefits for early humans.

Answer 3

This is just my opinion, and I could be wrong: It seems to me that we could

have wings, but we just don't, because not everything that can be is.

Also, you might say that humans are things without wings, so if we had wings,

then we might be angels or birds, but we wouldn't be humans. Kind of like my

aunt . . . She could have wheels, but then she would be a bicycle or a taxi.