People are changed by monkeys, which is the biggest lie of anti-evolutionists. Of course, people are not "changed" by monkeys. Man evolved from his ancestors, who are no longer monkeys. The ancestor of any living species will not be another creature. So, what is a "human" and why is it a "monkey"? What is the evolutionary relationship between humans and monkeys?
Phylogenesis of primates
Humans and monkeys are similar in that they both belong to primates. Fossil evidence and molecular genetic analysis show that the most primitive primates were born in the late dinosaur era, about 80 million years ago. The existing primates have five branches: primitive monkeys, new world monkeys, old world monkeys, apes and humans.
Primitive monkeys are the most primitive primates in existence, which appeared in the Paleocene 63 million years ago, shortly after the end of the dinosaur era. Living primitive monkeys, including lemurs and sloths, are only found in the old world and are more common on islands. Literally, primitive monkeys seem to be primitive monkeys, but they are not. Primitive monkeys are not monkeys, but a primitive primate of monkeys.
Lemurs live in Madagascar.
Other primates, including real monkeys, apes and humans, except primitive monkeys, all belong to the suborder rhinoceros, which first appeared 58 million years ago. In other words, more than 50 million years ago, people and apes and monkeys did have an ancestor.
After that, the ancestors of humans and monkeys parted ways twice in the evolutionary journey. The first disagreement occurred in Eocene about 40 million years ago, when some early simple-nosed primates crossed the ocean from Africa to settle in South America. Due to plate drift, the Atlantic Ocean at that time was much narrower than today, and small primates at 1kg could live at sea for more than 13 days. In short, a tenacious early primate successfully drifted to America and eventually evolved into today's new world monkeys, including capuchin monkeys, hairy monkeys, spider monkeys and so on.
Spider monkeys belong to the new world monkeys.
The second disagreement between humans and monkeys occurred in the Miocene more than 20 million years ago. Some early primates began to spread from Africa to Europe and Asia. This time, the monkeys of the old world went out and evolved into langurs, macaques and baboons today. Humans are descendants of primates who stayed in Africa. Africa has been the cradle of human development since then.
After that, people and monkeys completely parted ways. Then there is the evolution of humans and apes. 15.7 million years ago, gibbons differentiated their ancestors with humans. About14 million years ago, orangutans were also different from human ancestors; By 8.8 million years ago, gorillas were also divided. Chimpanzees are the closest living animals to humans. About 6.3 million years ago, human ancestors, then apes, also parted ways with chimpanzees.
chimpanzee
Australopithecus is the first step from ape to man. They appeared in East Africa about 4 million years ago and spread all over Africa, and eventually became extinct 2 million years ago. Australopithecus is the latest direct ancestor of all people living on the earth.
Man is the general name of the genus Homo, and Homo sapiens has only one species (that is, anatomically modern man). The earliest human animals were born 2.8 million years ago. At that time, their brains were as big as chimpanzees, but then they increased sharply, doubling in 654.38+0 million years. Homo erectus was the first person who could use fire and complex tools in the history of human evolution, and also the first person to walk out of Africa. They spread from Africa and occupied Europe and Asia about 180 to 130 years ago.
Homo erectus, Yuanmou people and Beijingers all belong to this race.
Homo sapiens evolved from Homo erectus in Africa about 654.38 million years ago. Late Homo sapiens walked out of Africa from 654.38 million to 50,000 years ago, replacing Homo erectus, Neanderthals and Denisovans from all over the world, successfully taking over the world and becoming the only intelligent creature ruling the earth today.
The above is a brief history of the evolution of primates and humans. Although humans and monkeys have the same ancestor, it was tens of millions of years ago. The primitive old world monkeys and primitive apes may be close relatives, but the living monkeys have long lost contact with people. Therefore, people are not monkeys, and monkeys can't be adults.
Macaques belong to the monkeys of the old world.
So, is it possible for monkeys to reopen the evolutionary path that their ancestors missed and evolve into intelligent creatures again? As far as the present situation is concerned, it is impossible.
First of all, there is no chance of evolution. At that time, Australopithecus could not compete with orangutans for resources in the forest, so it was forced to come to the grassland and lost the cover of trees. They have nothing but their hands and brains, and they can only survive in the environment surrounded by wild animals by their own intelligence, thus embarking on the road of evolution with high IQ.
In the process of evolution, human ancestors encountered many unimaginable difficulties, experienced many population bottlenecks, and countless races were eliminated because they could not adapt to the environment. Only Homo sapiens has survived to this day and become the spirit of all things. Nowadays, monkeys are hiding in the forest, hiding in trees and living a comfortable life. Without survival pressure, there is no evolutionary motivation.
Australopithecine
Secondly, there is no room for development. Ecologists tell us. An niche can only accommodate one species. When two species appear in the same niche, the strong will eliminate the weak, the equally weak can survive, and the equally strong will come first and then be eliminated.
The evolutionary story of Homo sapiens climbing to the top of the ecosystem sounds exciting, but it is full of violence and blood. All adults living in Europe and Asia were wiped out by our ancestors. Now, the power of human beings has spread to every corner of the earth, and the living space of various animals has been squeezed and suppressed by human beings, and the earth has no room for the second intelligent life.
Therefore, some time ago, it was reported that the capuchin monkey in Panama had entered the Stone Age, which would threaten the status of human beings. It was purely groundless. Homo sapiens was once at a disadvantage and still relied on advanced technology and strong social skills to defeat other races that had already reached the top of the food chain. Now under the strong rule of human beings, how can a little monkey turn the sky upside down?
Capuchin monkeys in Latin America learned to use tools.
However, this is only the current situation. If there is a super disaster such as meteorite impact, super volcanic eruption or nuclear war, which leads to the extinction or sharp decline of human beings, other animals will gain room for development, and it is not impossible to truly evolve into apes, lizards, birds or rats.