08-04-2015, 11:55 PM
(08-04-2015, 11:00 PM)RASCAL Wrote: then why do we still have apes? why aren't they developing into humans today??
Because becoming human is not the goal of evolution. The goal of evolution is to best survive within a given set of selection pressures. Apes survive perfectly well, i.e. are best adapted, to the environments in which they live. The are at the tip of their branch of the evolutionary tree, just as we are. The two species are evolving in parallel. That is the mistake those unfamiliar with science often make. They think humans are the ultimate goal.
