There actually was an infamous hoax that set back the scientific field of paleoanthropology for years. Skeptics had been clamoring for the "missing link" that would prove that humans, like all other living beings, had evolved. It was theorized that man evolved when his brain became larger than other primates'. Then suddenly in 1912 an ancient skull was found in a gravel pit in England. It had a large brain case but a primitive ape like jaw. He became known as "Piltdown Man". For the next four decades everything that was being found somehow had to fit into the Piltdown model. Of course eventually it was discovered that it was an elaborate hoax. An older human skull had been expertly joined with an artificially aged ape jaw.

It is now thought that perhaps bipedal locomotion (walking upright) was one of the first transitions taken by our direct ancestors. This change goes back 3 million years by Australopithecus, among the earliest of the hominid line.

You got me there. LOL Good point.

A question for those who believe we came from monkeys

When did monkeys stop becoming humans ?

Why did monkeys stop becoming humans ?

Why is it when we go to the zoo the monkeys are still monkeys and not a cage full of ugly people years later ?

I certainly don't believe we came from monkeys so I'm of no use here.

Antigov, who is claiming humans evolved from monkeys? That is a theory I am unfamiliar with and I cant find any reference to.

I don't think anyone ever said humans came from monkeys.DNA has shown what was already indicated that monkeys and humans evolved along separate lineages from an archaic common ancestor.

If the tree is very large and with many branches and offshoots then a species does not have to descend from another, it can be very, very similar but of it's own place on the tree.

Bryce

Danny , i didnt read all of this thread so maybe no one here ?


Its still a valid question as billions who dont belive in the creator do believe in this

thats me--second from the left.

Ha .... you aint that short are you ?

Bigfoot ?

till ya straighten me up.

Science has never said people cam from apes, or monkeys, or chimps. A computer generated image in the 21st century is not a quality reference.

Is it not possible to believe that your creator has and continues to use evolutionary forces to make his/her masterpieces?

I find that more appealing then thinking of our coming about as like some cheap David Copperfield trick.

When I was a kid the old women busy bodies that taught sunday school, would circle the wagons if you said men and women have the same number of ribs.

Church leaders were prone to apocalyptic fits when first told that the earth circled the sun.

It was common at one time to burn alive any Dr that wanted to dissect a dead human.

So for church leaders to claim that evolutionists teach humans are evolved from monkeys, is not surprising.

If you really really want to see the wagons circle, talk about how almost every judeo/christian story can be found in other older tales.

You have to carefully choose the time and place as religious fanatics get angry and are often dangerous when angered.

It is possible to hold to that idea and still be a believer in Divine creation, however, any believer who wants to put some work and thought into the subject doesn't have to go for that easy-fix to the question. There are other explanations that don't involve any conflict between science and faith.

The real question is not where did we come from, but, where are we going?

It is possible to hold to that idea and still be a believer in Divine creation, however, any believer who wants to put some work and thought into the subject doesn't have to go for that easy-fix to the question. There are other explanations that don't involve any conflict between science and faith.

The real question is not where did we come from, but, where are we going? It's too bad that so many believers get all hung up on the first question.

I still wanna know when the monkeys got together and said " screw those humans we gonna stay monkeys and make them feed us bananas "

They never figured out how to harness fire, that was the big turning point in Human history and evolution.