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Why are apes still around if we evolved from them?
We didn’t evolve from apes; rather, apes and humans evolved from a common ancestor. Thus, the reason that modern apes are still around is that they have been successful at surviving in their environment. And we are still around because we have also been successful at living in our environment.
Why are there still chimpanzees?
Our main point: Chimps are still around today because humans did not evolve from living chimps1 – both humans and chimps evolved from a now extinct common ancestor.
Did Neanderthals evolve from primates?
It evolved from a Homo erectus population in Africa about 600,000 years ago. Separate populations of Homo heidelbergensis living in Eurasia evolved too, becoming the Neanderthals in the west and a still enigmatic group called the Denisovans in the east.
Are monkeys and Neanderthals related to humans?
Humans and Neaderthals had a common ancestor and together had a common ancestor with monkeys. To simplify it: Neanderthals are not our parents and monkeys are not our grandparents. They are more like cousins, Neanderthals first degree, monkeys second degree.
When did humans evolve from Neanderthals to humans?
There, the Neanderthal ancestor evolved into Homo neanderthalensis some 400,000 to 500,000 years ago. The human ancestor remained in Africa, evolving into our own species— Homo sapiens.
Did humans evolve from monkeys?
Firstly, humans did not evolve from monkeys. Instead, monkeys and humans share a common ancestor from which both evolved around 25 million years ago. This evolutionary relationship is supported both by the fossil record and DNA analysis. A 2007 study showed that humans and rhesus monkeys share about 93\% of their DNA.
What is the difference between a Neanderthal and an ape?
Neanderthal’s were a species (or more reasonably a subspecies). They were presumably out competed (with some interbreeding) by modern man*. The other “proto-humans” (e.g. homo erectus, homo habilis, Australopithecus etc) were also species. They too are extinct. Apes (not monkeys) are a branch of primates.