QUOTE(BlackThirteen @ Aug 31 2005, 11:59 AM)
How sad that that should be the only thing I'm banging on lately. 
And I'd like to hear (read) your take on whatever you feel like talking about. It is good to hear what others think. I'm all too aware that mine is not the only perspective. Just the only one that matters!
I had to edit because I forgot to say that my take on evolution is not that we came from monkeys or apes or whatever but that we came from the same thing as they did. And if you go back far enough, all the creatures came from the first form of life that arose. That is what the available evidence tells me.
And I'd like to hear (read) your take on whatever you feel like talking about. It is good to hear what others think. I'm all too aware that mine is not the only perspective. Just the only one that matters!
I had to edit because I forgot to say that my take on evolution is not that we came from monkeys or apes or whatever but that we came from the same thing as they did. And if you go back far enough, all the creatures came from the first form of life that arose. That is what the available evidence tells me.
well if you go back far enough, all primates there ever were or are now evolved from a common ancestor. Through the evolutionary process, different from of primates were created. Neanderthal Man, Gorrilla, Modern Man, Chimps and so forth. It's not that one evolved into another, it's that they evolved from the same common ancestor. It's just once they branched off, they evolved differently given their environments etc. Some prospered and some subspecies became extinct along the way.
It just so happened that the precursor to man managed to walk on 2 feet instead of four, freeing up their hands for tool making, cooking, which in turn helped develop the pre frontal cortex of the brain and hence our "intelligence". But even some subspecies of primates that wlaked on 2 feet became extinct. Only homo sapiens made it through the long haul.
So why haven't monkeys evolved into human like beings yet? And will they ever? Well as Black13 said, that is a very anthropocentric view. What says we are the ultimate evolution of primates that every other primate must strive to achieve? Besides us killing them, chimps and gorillas do fine as they are and if they continue to evolve perhaps they will evolve into something completely different and more prosperous than the human race? Who knows? Just because we can "think" doesn't mean we are at an advantage from an evoltionary standpoint. Dinosaurs did not(at least I think) have the brain power of humans and they survived for a much greater period of history than man has or probably will.
(if I'm wrong on anything please feel free to correct as I'm working off memory here)
Well that's my take on things anyway.... so back to staring at boobs
