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RE: What Even is Evolution by Natural Selection, Anyway? A Beginner's Guide
Hello, @alexbaymen. i hope you and family it's okey.
The post is very long and good information. in my opinions about evolution (darwin) there are differences of views are very different. I think evolution is right, that means adjusting. But if in conclusion such a man comes from the ape it becomes polemic. as you mentioned if the Christians are also different.
in Indonesia itself as the majority of Muslims, about the theory of evolution is very sensitive because our beliefs are the same. so in my opinion there is a truth in the statement of this theory of evolution and something is not quite right.
so my opinion, please advise.
regards
The fact that its a sensitive issue is only due to people's lack of understanding. Saying we are from apes is not saying 'we come from monkeys'.
On the contrary, both monkeys and humans, as well as gorillas and chimps, all come from a completely ddifference ancestor.
So although the image in this post is a famous representation of evolution, it's actually oversimplified and leaves people to misinterpret. This is more accurate:
As you can see, a variety of apes and monkeys separated from us millions of years ago, the most recent being the Chimp (also the bonobo).
So yes, all of us are apes, but we are not descended from chimps, nor monkeys, nor gorillas. We are all from one ancestor that is long extinct.
This is also why we are not 'more evolved' than gorillas. We are in fact equally evolved as them. We just happened to get bigger brains, while they got bigger muscles.
Why? Only because that would be a problem for religion?
When you look at a chimpanzee and a human side by side, isn't it obvious we are related?
Well actually the point is simple, Monkey, apes and humans are closely related with few differences but they have not originated from one another. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes and Monkeys have 24 pairs as you know. Hope it clarifies
The explanation for the different number of chromosomes is very interesting, it turns out.
Yeah thats interesting and very explainatory.